The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3849
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96