kernel: ethtool: kernel buffer overflow in ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL
Published Sep 29, 2010
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
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.
Affected products
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Configuration 1
- < 2.6.33.7
Configuration 2
- 6.06
- 8.04
- 9.04
- 9.10
- 10.04
- 10.10
Configuration 3
- 11
- 11
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat 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.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 33.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 33.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/164869 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db048b69037e7fa6a7d9e95a1271a50dc08ae233 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.7 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/29/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/30/17 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41223 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2478 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608950 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2478
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2478
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