CVE-2024-0340

CVE Details

Release Date:	2023-05-22
Impact:	Low	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	4.4
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12271	2024-04-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2024-12274	2024-04-08
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2024-3618	2024-06-05
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12271	2024-04-08
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2024-12275	2024-04-08
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)	ELSA-2024-9315	2024-11-14