Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.10.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004539
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Jul 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-4127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.10.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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