CVE-2023-5158
Possible dos from guest to host invringh_kiov_advance in vhost driver at drivers/vhost/vringh.c
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 25, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2023
Description
A flaw was found in vringh_kiov_advance in drivers/vhost/vringh.c in the host side of a virtio ring in the Linux Kernel. This issue may result in a denial of service from guest to host via zero length descriptor.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-684 Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
FedoraFedora |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5158vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2240561issue-tracking
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