| Name | CVE-2014-0077 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.57-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.13.10-1 | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
seems introduced in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dd014adfea6f173c1ef6378f7e5e7924866c923
qemu is built with support for vhost_net, module loaded post-wheezy when linux < 3.4 but root:root 0600