CVE-2024-0340
Published: Jan 9, 2024
Modified: Nov 7, 2025
CVSS v3.1
4.4
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Unknown | kernel | affected 0 - < 6.4-rc6 |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support | unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.68.1.el9_4 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | All versions |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
References
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