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CVE-2014-0055

Description

The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.7
MODERATE
Vector
AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.309

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal (USN-2223-1) linux-image-3.5.0-51-generic_3.5.0-51.77~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal (USN-2223-1) linux-image-3.5.0-51-generic_3.5.0-51.77~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Raring (USN-2224-1) linux-image-3.8.0-41-generic_3.8.0-41.60~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Raring (USN-2224-1) linux-image-3.8.0-41-generic_3.8.0-41.60~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Saucy (USN-2225-1) linux-image-3.11.0-22-generic_3.11.0-22.38~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Saucy (USN-2225-1) linux-image-3.11.0-22-generic_3.11.0-22.38~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2235-1) linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic_3.2.0-64.97_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2235-1) linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic_3.2.0-64.97_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2235-1) linux-image-3.2.0-64-virtual_3.2.0-64.97_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2235-1) linux-image-3.2.0-64-virtual_3.2.0-64.97_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2235-1) linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic-pae_3.2.0-64.97_i386.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.2.2.el6uek update (ELSA-2014-3014) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.2.2.el6uek-0.4.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-35.el6uek update (ELSA-2014-3034) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-35.el6uek-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-headers update (ELSA-2014-3034) dtrace-modules-headers-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234