CVE-2008-2750: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pppol2tp_recvmsg function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.26-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel heap memory corruption and system crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that results in a large value for a certain length variable.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.10 only; version 2.6.11 only; version 2.6.11.1 only; …

Published 2008-06-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.