CVE-2010-4263

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

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=31b24b955c3ebbb6f3008a6374e61cf7c05a193c

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/3

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/9

http://secunia.com/advisories/42884

http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45208

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15582

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660188

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0