CVE-2010-4529: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.37 (fixed in 2.6.37)

Published 2011-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.