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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- Red Hat / kernelaffects up to and including v5.1-rc6 – affects up to and including v5.1-rc6
References
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108076
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TOFNJA5NNVXQ6AV6KGZB677JIVXAMJHT/
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AYTZH6QCNITK7353S6RCRT2PQHZSDPXD/
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RI3WXXM5URTZSR3RVEKO6MDXDFIKTZ5R/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1973
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
- MAILING_LISThttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00016.html
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4114-1/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4116-1/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3220
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- MAILING_LISThttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3836
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204
- MISChttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0005/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- EXPLOIThttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3900
- MISChttps://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3111012.html