CVE-2010-4263
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.9 · CWE-476
7.9CVSS HIGH
Summary
The igb_receive_skb function in drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c in the Intel Gigabit Ethernet (aka igb) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and promiscuous mode are enabled but no VLANs are registered, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a VLAN tagged frame.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/3 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/3Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/9Patch
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=31b24b955c3ebbb6f3008a6374e61cf7c05a193c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlAdvisory