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CVE-2018-1118
LOW · CVSS 2.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-10T22:29:00.260 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:50:31.110

Summary

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 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 can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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