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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2019-3900

CVE-2019-3900

Description

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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