Information Exposure Affecting kernel-rt-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEBUGDEVEL-6147799
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed22 May 2023

Introduced: 22 May 2023

CVE-2024-0340  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-devel package and not the kernel-rt-debug-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1