CVE-2024-0340
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
29/100
Published: 2024-01-09
Modified: 2026-10-29
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
High
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
None
A:
None
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 (1)
Affected Software (14)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | 0 < 6.4-rc6 |
| — | — | 0 < 6.4-rc6 |
| linux | linux_kernel | < 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | < 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.4 |
References & Advisories (9)
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
vdb-entry
x_refsource_REDHAT
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT