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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.5% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (40)

• 35265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1865 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36131 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090610 CVE-2009-1389 kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6883 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 37471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123453 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• linux-kernel-rtl8169nic-dos(51051) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:148 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [linux-netdev] 20090214 r8169: instant crash if receiving packet larger than MTU (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-1844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-807-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 35566 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1023507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20090724 rPSA-2009-0111-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 36051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 36327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 40645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 36045 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0219 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 35281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8108 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20090608 [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packets (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fdd7b4c3302c93f6833e338903ea77245eb510b4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1857 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:13 UTC.