CVE-2013-0311
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.
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
- redhat:enterprise_linux
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd97120fc3d1a11f3124c7c9ba1d91f51829eb85
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0579.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html