CVE-2014-0055
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0339.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66441
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062577
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0339.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66441
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062577
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.