NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-4263
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- VMware Esx — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- VMware Esxi — versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/46397 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45208 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42884 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42890 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)