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

CVSS 3.1 4.4 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2024-0340

Published

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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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2024-0340

Published

kernel

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "6.4-rc6",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "collectionURL": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

kernel-rt

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel-rt",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::realtime"
                    ]
                }

kernel

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb",
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
                    ]
                }

kernel

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime",
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"
                    ]
                }

kernel

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime",
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"
                    ]
                }

kernel

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:5.14.0-427.68.1.el9_4",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::crb",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::nfv",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::realtime",
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos"
                    ]
                }

kernel

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6"
                    ]
                }

kernel

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7"
                    ]
                }

kernel-rt

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "kernel-rt",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7"
                    ]
                }

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