CVE - CVE-2018-1118

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-1118	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2018:2948 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 MISC:RHSA-2018:3083 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 MISC:RHSA-2018:3096 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 MISC:USN-3762-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3762-1/ MISC:USN-3762-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3762-2/ MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20180718 [SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1118 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1118
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20171204	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171204)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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