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CVE-2010-2959
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2010-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-190
Description
Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 5.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 12
- Linux kernel: before 2.6.27.53; from 2.6.32 before 2.6.32.21; from 2.6.34 before 2.6.34.6; from 2.6.35 before 2.6.35.4 — fixed in 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.6, 2.6.35.4
- Opensuse: 11.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 11-sp1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: 11-sp1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time: 11-sp1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.6, 2.6.35.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b75c4973ce779520b9d1e392483207d6f842cde
- http://jon.oberheide.org/files/i-can-haz-modharden.c
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/046947.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41512
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.53
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.21
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.4
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