CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2478
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-09-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
Integer overflow in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rule_cnt value that triggers a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3084.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.33.7)
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.10
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise server 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/164869 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db048b69037e7fa6a7d9e95a1271a50dc08ae233 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.7 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41223 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608950 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/164869 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db048b69037e7fa6a7d9e95a1271a50dc08ae233 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.7 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41223 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608950 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory