CVE-2010-4164
Multiple integer underflows in the x25_parse_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via malformed X.25 (1) X25_FAC_CLASS_A, (2) X25_FAC_CLASS_B, (3) X25_FAC_CLASS_C, or (4) X25_FAC_CLASS_D facility data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3873.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-191
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4140)
- Published
- January 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4140 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise real time extension
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ef41308f94dcbb3b7afc56cdef1c2ba53fa5d2f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128951543005554&w=2(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/11/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45055(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652517(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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