CVE-2010-4263

CVE Details

Release Date:2011-01-18
Impact:Important What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 7.1
Vector String: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-00172011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.el5)ELSA-2011-00172011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5)ELSA-2011-00172011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2011-00072011-02-12


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