CVE-2019-3900

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3900

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3900.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.2.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.2.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.2.6-1
debian debiansidfixed5.2.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.2.6-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.