CVE-2010-4263

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4263
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-18 18:03:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.9 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 4 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: igb panics when receiving tag vlan packet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
660188 – (CVE-2010-4263) CVE-2010-4263 kernel: igb panics when receiving tag vlan packet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: igb panics when receiving tag vlan packet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
15582 – BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.kernel.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel IGB Panic VLAN Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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