CVE-2024-0340

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0340DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0340
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 30
Modified
Published: 09 Jan 2024, 17:36
Last modified:07 Nov 2025, 17:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability +0.23%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Jan 2024, 17:36
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Nov 2025, 17:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A vulnerability was found in vhost_new_msg in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel, which 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 issue can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 15%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.216-1 | < 6.1.82-1 | < 6.4.4-1 | < 6.4.4-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | < 5.4.0-173.191 | < 5.15.0-100.110

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    all | < 5.4.0-1120.130 | < 5.15.0-1056.61

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1056.61~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1120.130~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1120.130+fips1 | < 5.15.0-1056.61+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all | all | < 5.4.0-1126.133 | < 5.15.0-1058.66

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1058.66~20.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1126.133~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | < 5.15.0-1058.66.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1126.133+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.4.0-1080.87 | < 5.15.0-1037.39

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1094.104 | < 5.15.0-100.110+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all | all | < 5.4.0-1124.133 | < 5.15.0-1053.61

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1053.61~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1124.133~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips

    all | < 5.4.0-1124.133+fips1 | < 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all | < 5.15.0-1052.57

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    < 5.4.0-1087.91 | < 5.15.0-1038.44

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1038.44~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4

    all

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References (25)