CVE-2010-3904: Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to the catalog
- 2023-05-12
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2023-06-02
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
Linux Kernel contains an improper input validation vulnerability in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation that allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.
Required action (CISA)
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.
Links in CISA's notes
- https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1601.3/06474.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3904
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2010-12-06T20:13:00.513
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16T23:23:47.610
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1284
The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate addresses obtained from user space, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | 7.2 | HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5f (Broken Link)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024613 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362983 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0792.html (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 (Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.c (Broken Link)
- http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/ (Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896 (Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44677/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5f (Broken Link)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024613 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362983 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0792.html (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 (Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.c (Broken Link)
- http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/ (Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896 (Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44677/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-3904 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Assigner
- canonical
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2010-12-06T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated
- 2025-10-22T00:05:50.418Z
- Problem types
- n/a
The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate addresses obtained from user space, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.
References
- VU#362983
- http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.c
- USN-1000-1
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console
- 46397
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5f
- 44677
- 1024613
- SUSE-SA:2011:007
- RHSA-2010:0842
- ADV-2011-0298
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896
- SUSE-SA:2010:057
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/
- RHSA-2010:0792
- SUSE-SA:2010:053
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.html
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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
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