CVE-2014-0055

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-03-25
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.2
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3015	2014-03-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.2.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3014	2014-03-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-0328	2014-03-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3014	2014-03-26
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3015	2014-03-26