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A vulnerability was found in vhost_new_msg in drivers...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jan 9, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 27, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A vulnerability was found in vhost_new_msg in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This issue can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 9, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 9, 2024
Last updated Jun 27, 2024

Severity

Moderate
4.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-0340

GHSA ID

GHSA-59h3-54m2-3jm7

Source code

No known source code

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