Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in…

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (28)

• 43056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101031 [SECURITY] L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 44762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101110 CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 43291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 Re: [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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, 03:34 UTC.