CVE-2024-0340 — Kernel: information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg()
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 …
Published: 2024-01-09 · CVSS: 4.4 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7