CVE-2010-4263

Linux Kernel < 2.6.34 - Denial of Service via VLAN Tagged Frame in igb_receive_skb

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45208
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660188
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15582
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/3
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/9

Scores

EPSS 0.0508
EPSS Percentile 89.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.34
vmware/esx 3.0.0
vmware/esx 3.0.1
vmware/esx 3.0.2
vmware/esx 3.0.3
vmware/esx 3.5 (4 CPE variants)
vmware/esx 4.0
vmware/esx 4.1
vmware/esxi 3.5 (2 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi 4.0 (5 CPE variants)
... and 2 more
Published Jan 18, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026