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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-03-26T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:37.045Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-0055

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-26T14:55:04.710

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

Link: CVE-2014-0055

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0055 - Bugzilla