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 pri
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | 0 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support | 0:5.14.0-427.68.1.el9_4 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unspecified |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unspecified |
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.