Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vhost_net_set_backend function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via vectors involving powering on a virtual machine.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 3.10.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 3.10.5-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 3.10.5-1 | — |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980643
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd7633ecd553a5e304d349aa6f8eb8a0417098c5
- [oss-security] 20130715 Re: CVE Request -- Linux kernel: vhost-net: use-after-free in vhost_net_flush mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984722
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dd7633ecd553a5e304d349aa6f8eb8a0417098c5