CVE-2014-0077

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-03-27
Impact:	None	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3022	2014-05-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.2.4.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3021	2014-05-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-0475	2014-05-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3021	2014-05-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3022	2014-05-08