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CVE-2024-0340
published 2024-01-09

CVE-2024-0340: 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…

PriorityP426medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.24%
14.7th percentile
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.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.82-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.82-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 6.46.4
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.216-15.10.216-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.82-16.1.82-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.4.4-16.4.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.4.4-16.4.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-173.1915.4.0-173.191
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-100.1105.15.0-100.110
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.153.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.180.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.4MEDIUM
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