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CVE-2013-0311

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges.

  • HIGH
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published