CVE-2023-5158
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CVE-2023-5158 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in vringh_kiov_advance in drivers/vhost/vringh.c in the host side of a virtio ring in the Linux Kernel. This issue may result in a denial of service from guest to host via zero length descriptor.. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in vringh_kiov_advance in drivers/vhost/vringh.c in the host side of a virtio ring in the Linux Kernel. This issue may result in a denial of service from guest to host via zero length descriptor.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | <= 5.12.19 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5158Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240561Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5158Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240561Issue Tracking, Patch
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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