CVE-2019-14835 HIGH

CVE-2019-14835

Vendor Linux Kernel
Product Linux kernel
Weakness CWE-120
Published September 17, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found, in versions from 2.6.34 to 5.2.x, in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 17, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated