CVE-2010-2478
Published: 29 September 2010
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Ben Hutchings discovered that the ethtool interface did not correctly check certain sizes. A local attacker could perform malicious ioctl calls that could crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
Notes
Author | Note |
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smb | In Jaunty the structure has no additional members that need hiding. And in Hardy the (S|G)RXFH functionality is not even implemented. Same in Dapper. |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(2.6.35~rc5)
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dapper |
Not vulnerable
|
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hardy |
Does not exist
|
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jaunty |
Does not exist
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karmic |
Does not exist
|
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lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
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linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(2.6.35~rc5)
|
dapper |
Does not exist
|
|
hardy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
jaunty |
Not vulnerable
|
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karmic |
Released
(2.6.31-22.67)
|
|
lucid |
Released
(2.6.32-25.43)
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maverick |
Released
|
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Patches: upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=bf988435bd5b53529f4408a8efb1f433f6ddfda9 karmic: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~smb/CVEs/CVE-2010-2478/patches/karmic/linux/0001-ethtool-Fix-potential-user-buffer-overflow-for-ETHTOOL.txt |
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linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(2.6.35~rc5)
|
dapper |
Does not exist
|
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Released
(2.6.31-112.30)
|
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lucid |
Released
(2.6.31-608.22)
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
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linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(2.6.35~rc5)
|
dapper |
Does not exist
|
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Released
(2.6.31-307.21)
|
|
lucid |
Released
(2.6.32-309.18)
|
|
maverick |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
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linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(2.6.35~rc5)
|
dapper |
Does not exist
|
|
hardy |
Does not exist
|
|
karmic |
Does not exist
|
|
lucid |
Released
(2.6.35-25.44~lucid1)
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|