CVE-2010-2478 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2478?

CVE-2010-2478 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2478?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2478?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-2478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jh48-465p-8xm7.