CVE-2010-3849: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 8.04 only; version 9.10 only; version 10.04 only; version 10.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 5.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.36.2 (fixed in 2.6.36.2)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 9 only; version 10 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 10 only

Published 2010-12-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.