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CVE-2014-0077

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.

Published

2014-04-14T23:55:07.530

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

2.5

Impact Score

8.5

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.13.10	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)