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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2024-43873
HistoryAug 21, 2024 - 1:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-43873

2024-08-2101:15:11
CWE-909
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
4
linux kernel
vhost/vsock
seqpacket_allow
vulnerability
initialization
set_features

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vhost/vsock: always initialize seqpacket_allow

There are two issues around seqpacket_allow:

  1. seqpacket_allow is not initialized when socket is
    created. Thus if features are never set, it will be
    read uninitialized.
  2. if VIRTIO_VSOCK_F_SEQPACKET is set and then cleared,
    then seqpacket_allow will not be cleared appropriately
    (existing apps I know about don’t usually do this but
    it’s legal and there’s no way to be sure no one relies
    on this).

To fix:
- initialize seqpacket_allow after allocation
- set it unconditionally in set_features

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange5.145.15.165
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange5.166.1.103
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.26.6.44
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.76.10.3
VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%