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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2024-01-09T17:36:11.578Z

Updated: 2024-06-05T16:39:12.423Z

Reserved: 2024-01-09T12:08:22.012Z


Link: CVE-2024-0340

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-09T18:15:47.503

Modified: 2024-06-27T13:15:54.380


Link: CVE-2024-0340

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