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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-3900
An infinite loop issue was found in the vhost_net kernel...
Vulnerability Description
An infinite loop issue was found in the vhost_net kernel module in Linux Kernel up to and including v5.1-rc6, while handling incoming packets in handle_rx(). It could occur if one end sends packets faster than the other end can process them. A guest user, maybe remote one, could use this flaw to stall the vhost_net kernel thread, resulting in a DoS scenario.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108076
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TOFNJA5NNVXQ6AV6KGZB677JIVXAMJHT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYTZH6QCNITK7353S6RCRT2PQHZSDPXD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RI3WXXM5URTZSR3RVEKO6MDXDFIKTZ5R/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1973
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4114-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4116-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3220
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3836
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0005/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3900
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3111012.html
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Kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
affects up to and including v5.1-rc6
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 25th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H