CVE-2010-4342: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.37 (fixed in 2.6.37); version 2.6.37 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 9 only

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