PT-2019-1545

CVE-2018-16880

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Published

2019-01-28

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Updated

2023-07-19

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.0
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions from v4.16 and newer
Description A flaw in the Linux kernel's handle rx() function in the vhost net driver can be exploited by a malicious virtual guest to trigger an out-of-bounds write in a kmalloc-8 slab on a virtual host. This may lead to kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions from v4.16 and newer, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2019-1201
AZL-6518
OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1404-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1404-1
SUSE-SU-2019:1240-1
SUSE-SU-2019:1241-1
SUSE-SU-2019:1242-1
SUSE-SU-2019:1244-1
SUSE-SU-2019:1550-1
SUSE-SU-2019:2430-1
USN-3903-1
USN-3903-2
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