Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel package, versions <0:3.10.37-47.135.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNEL-1673904
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2014

Introduced: 14 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-0077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel to version 0:3.10.37-47.135.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-328.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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