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CVE-2010-3698

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3698 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the KVM implementation of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.36, including Fedora distributions. This flaw allows a local host OS user to crash the system by manipulating the Local Descriptor Table (LDT) in conjunction with a KVM_RUN ioctl call. With a CVSS score of 4.9, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm-0:83-164.el5_5.25
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.7.1.el6
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3698Moderate

kvm: invalid selector in fs/gs causes kernel panic

Oct 19, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42745
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/44500
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3123
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3321
Third Party Advisory