Riskcovery

CVE-2024-0340

Kernel: information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg()

State
Published
Severity
4.4 Medium
Published
Jan 9, 2024
Updated
Oct 29, 2026
Reserved
Jan 9, 2024

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kernel
  • before 6.4-rc6Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:5.14.0-427.68.1.el9_4 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat

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