An infinite loop issue was found in the vhost_net kernel...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated May 6, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Apr 25, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
May 6, 2024
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.
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