drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by…

Description

drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by processing certain trailing payload data as if it were a complete frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via a large packet with a crafted payload. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1385.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.2% · top 7.5% 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-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (38)

• 35265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://marc.info/?t=126203102000001&r=1&w=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1023420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 38779 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552126 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10607 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 38296 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• kernel-e1000main-security-bypass(55648) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1996 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091228 CVE requests - kernel security regressions for CVE-2009-1385/and -1389 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 37519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091229 Re: CVE requests - kernel security regressions for CVE-2009-1385/and -1389 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091231 Re: CVE requests - kernel security regressions for CVE-2009-1385/and -1389 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 38031 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38610 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-2005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 38492 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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, 07:08 UTC.