CVE-2014-0077

N/A Unknown
Published: April 14, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

Affected Vendors

linux

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