Description
drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
Scores
EPSS
0.0082
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.13.10
Published
Apr 14, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026