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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2013-4127

Created:

August 20, 2013

Updated:

August 21, 2013

Description:

From the CVE entry:

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.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1935-1	2013-08-20
Ubuntu	USN-1936-1	2013-08-20

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