CVE-2010-2478

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2010-06-29
CWE:
CWE-190->CWE-119
Bugzilla:
608950: CVE-2010-2478 kernel: ethtool: kernel buffer overflow in ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-2478 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, as they do not include support for the Neptune
Ethernet driver. It did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat
Enterprise MRG, as they do not contain the upstream commit 0853ad66 that
introduced this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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