SB2023112243 - Denial of service in Linux kernel virtio
Published: November 22, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023112243
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5158)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the vringh_kiov_advance() function in drivers/vhost/vringh.c in the host side of a virtio ring. A malicious guest can crash the host OS via zero length descriptor.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.