CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2024-0340
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.24%
Linux
Original NVD Description
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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