CVE - CVE-2024-0340

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-0340	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:RHBZ#2257406 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257406 MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0340 URL:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0340 MISC:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5kn47peabxjrptkqa6dwtyus35ahf4pcj4qm4pumse33kxqpjw@mec4se5relrc/T/ URL:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5kn47peabxjrptkqa6dwtyus35ahf4pcj4qm4pumse33kxqpjw@mec4se5relrc/T/
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20240109	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 (20240109)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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