CVE-2010-4529
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-191
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4497)
- Published
- January 13, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4497 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdac1e0697356ac212259f2147aa60c72e334861
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42684(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45556(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg150842.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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