CVE-2010-4263

Published Jan 18, 2011

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.9
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
5.5
Vector string
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-476

Social media

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Configurations