CVE-2014-0077 | BDVDB-2026-60894 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.