CVE-2010-3084

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the niu_get_ethtool_tcam_all function in drivers/net/niu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via the ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool command.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10
Linux kernel: through 2.6.36; 2.6.36-rc1, 2.6.36-rc2, 2.6.36-rc3

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee9c5cfad29c8a13199962614b9b16f1c4137ac9
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/11/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43098
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg140133.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632069
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee9c5cfad29c8a13199962614b9b16f1c4137ac9

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