Intel Ethernet controller vulnerable to 'packet of death'

ComputerSaysNo · Feb 9, 2013

A bug discovered in Intel's 82574L Ethernet controller leaves equipment vulnerable to attack via a so-called "packet of death."

Star2Star's chief technology officer Kristian Kielhofner identified the root of the bug, after customers began reporting that their Star2Star-branded hardware was experiencing random crashes. This put the company on the trail of the bug, which eventually lead to Intel's Ethernet controller.

"The system and Ethernet interfaces would appear fine," writes Kielhofner, "and then after a random amount of traffic the interface would report a hardware error (lost communication with PHY) and lose link. Literally the link lights on the switch and interface would go out. It was dead."
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http://www.zdnet.com/intel-ethernet-controller-vulnerable-to-packet-of-death-7000010984/?s_cid=e539

I've had one laptop's Intel Ethernet controller die on me, now I know why.

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