CVE-2024-0340

CVE-2024-0340CVE-2024-0340

linux / linux_kernel

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.

Scoring

CVSS 4.4 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Last modified2026-10-29
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.