Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-4538
CVE-2009-4538
Description
drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.
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