CVE-2023-5158 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-5158: Possible dos from guest to host invringh_kiov_advance in vhost driver at drivers/vhost/vringh.c

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-684
Published September 25, 2023
Last update February 27, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 25, 2023 CVE published
February 27, 2025 Record updated