CVE-2010-0741
The virtio_net_bad_features function in hw/virtio-net.c in the virtio-net driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26, when used on a guest OS in conjunction with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 or KVM 83, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash, and an associated qemu-kvm process exit) by sending a large amount of network traffic to a TCP port on the guest OS, related to a virtio-net whitelist that includes an improper implementation of TCP Segment Offloading (TSO).
- EPSS
- 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=184bd0484533b725194fa517ddc271ffd74da7c9
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-10/msg02480.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-10/msg02495.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/29/4
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023798