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CVE-2018-1118

Published: May 10, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

2.3

LOW

Description

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 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 can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.

VendorProductVersions

kernel

vhost

affected
since 4.8

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-665

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

RHSA-2018:3083
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3762-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2018:2948
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3762-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2018:3096
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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