CVE-2024-0340

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
0 < 6.4-rc6affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-427.68.1.el9_4 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References