VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-0340

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-01-09
Last modified2026-10-29
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-200
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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