Description
Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long packet.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.9Complexity: Low
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Affected Packages2 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSAGHSA-g3p7-2p6v-2v85: Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169↗2022-05-02 ▶ CVEListCVE-2009-1389: Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169↗2009-06-16 ▶ 📋Vendor Advisories
3Red Hatkernel: r8169 issue reported at 26c3↗2009-12-28 ▶ UbuntuLinux kernel vulnerabilities↗2009-07-28 ▶ Red Hatkernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received↗2009-02-14 ▶ 💬Community
2BugzillaCVE-2009-4537 kernel: r8169 issue reported at 26c3↗2009-12-28 ▶ BugzillaCVE-2009-1389 kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received↗2009-06-09 ▶