Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-5158
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2023-5158
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-5158
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 7 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-5158
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
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3.6
|
NIST | |
|
6.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.0
|
4.0
|
Red Hat, Inc. |
References for CVE-2023-5158
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240561
2240561 – (CVE-2023-5158) CVE-2023-5158 kernel: Possible DOS from guest to host invringh_kiov_advance in vhost driver at drivers/vhost/vringh.cIssue Tracking;Patch
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5158
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