CVE-2010-2478
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2486)
- Published
- September 29, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2486 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
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
- 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)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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