# CVE-2010-3848: Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet\_sendmsg function in net/econet/af\_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet add

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2010-12-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in 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 gain privileges by providing a large number of iovec structures.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a27e13d370415add3487949c60810e36069a23a6
- 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17787

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