CVE-2010-4160

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.

• CWE-190

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42801Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43056Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42801Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43056Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44762Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145673.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cve-2010-4160-linux-kernel-l2tp-integer-overflows/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651892Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 7, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2010-4154Directory traversal vulnerability in Rhino Software, Inc. FT…
• CVE-2010-4155Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in eXV2 …
• CVE-2010-4156The mb_strcut function in Libmbfl 1.1.0, as used in PHP 5.3.…
• CVE-2010-4157Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi…
• CVE-2010-4158The sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux…
• CVE-2010-4159Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in …
• CVE-2010-4161The udp_queue_rcv_skb function in net/ipv4/udp.c in a certai…
• CVE-2010-4162Multiple integer overflows in fs/bio.c in the Linux kernel b…
• CVE-2010-4163The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the L…
• CVE-2010-4164Multiple integer underflows in the x25_parse_facilities func…
• CVE-2010-4165The do_tcp_setsockopt function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linu…
• CVE-2010-4166Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.5.x befo…