ghsa-59h3-54m2-3jm7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-01-09 18:30
Modified
2024-06-27 15:30
Severity ?
Details
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": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-0340"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-09T18:15:47Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "GHSA-59h3-54m2-3jm7",
"modified": "2024-06-27T15:30:37Z",
"published": "2024-01-09T18:30:27Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0340"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3618"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3627"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0340"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257406"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html"
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"url": "https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5kn47peabxjrptkqa6dwtyus35ahf4pcj4qm4pumse33kxqpjw@mec4se5relrc/T"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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