Known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2010-3904

Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

What is affected

Vendor Linux
Product Kernel
Weakness CWE-20

The vulnerability

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

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 2 June 2023 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 00:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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