CVE-2010-2495

N/A Unknown
Published: September 08, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3feec9095d12e311b7d4eb7fe7e5dfa75d4a72a5
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/04/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/04/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/11
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607054
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3feec9095d12e311b7d4eb7fe7e5dfa75d4a72a5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/04/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/04/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/11
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607054
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.9%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

linux canonical suse

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