VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-0311
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-02-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges.