Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-0055
CVE-2014-0055
Description
The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <2.6.32-431.11.2
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