vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-0340: kernel: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N) | 01/09/2024 | 06/06/2024 | 03/10/2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/09/2024
Added
06/06/2024
Modified
03/10/2025
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.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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