PT-2023-8232 · Linux+10 · Linux Kernel+10
Rohit Keshri
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Published
2023-05-22
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Updated
2025-11-28
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CVE-2024-0340
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A vulnerability was found in the
vhost new msg() function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system. This issue can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Information Disclosure
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu