| Name | CVE-2024-0340 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3840-1, DLA-3842-1, DSA-5681-1, ELA-1093-1, ELA-1116-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.11.5-1 | fixed | |
| linux-4.19 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.19.316-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.19.232-1~deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.19.316-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.10.226-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 5.10.218-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | buster | 4.19.316-1 | DLA-3840-1 | ||
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.216-1 | DSA-5681-1 | ||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.82-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.4.4-1 | |||
| linux-4.19 | source | jessie | 4.19.316-1~deb8u1 | ELA-1116-1 | ||
| linux-4.19 | source | stretch | 4.19.316-1~deb9u1 | ELA-1116-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | jessie | 5.10.216-1~deb8u1 | ELA-1093-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | stretch | 5.10.216-1~deb9u1 | ELA-1093-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | buster | 5.10.216-1~deb10u1 | DLA-3842-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/4d8df0f5f79f747d75a7d356d9b9ea40a4e4c8a9 (6.4-rc6)