VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4263

CVSS score7.9 HIGH
EPSS probability2.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The igb_receive_skb function in drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c in the Intel Gigabit Ethernet (aka igb) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and promiscuous mode are enabled but no VLANs are registered, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a VLAN tagged frame.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references