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EUVD-2010-4236 · Published Jan 18, 2011
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.
Technologies
Linux Linux KernelVmware EsxiVmware Esx
Weaknesses
CWE-476
CVSS scores
- v2.07.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/9
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15582
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660188
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=31b24b955c3ebbb6f3008a6374e61cf7c05a193c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
Potentially impacted assets
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