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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0169 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2221-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2223-1 Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2224-1 Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2225-1 Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2226-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2227-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2228-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2260-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:37.826Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-0077

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-04-14T23:55:07.530

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-0077

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-03-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0077 - Bugzilla

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