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CVE-2010-4263 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=31b24b955c3ebbb6f3008a6374e61cf7c05a193c CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45208 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15582 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660188 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4263
NVD Published Date:
01/18/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.