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Alpine Linux: CVE-2013-4127: CVE-2013-4127 kernel vhost-net use-after-free in vhost_net_flush

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2013-4127: CVE-2013-4127 kernel vhost-net use-after-free in vhost_net_flush

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/29/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
09/22/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-grsec

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