CVE-2024-0340

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.

More information : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3618

Attack vector : LOCAL
Attack complexity : LOW
Privileges required : LOW
User interaction : NONE
Confidentiality impact : HIGH
Integrity impact : NONE
Base score : 5.5
Base severity : MEDIUM
Exploitability score : 1.8
Impact score : 3.6