CVE-2023-5158

2023-09-2500:00:00

ubuntu.com

vringh_linux_kernel

denial_of_service

zero_length_descriptor

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

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.

Bugs

Notes

Author	Note
rodrigo-zaiden	first publication of USN-6536-1 wrongly announced that linux-azure on mantic fixed this issue in version 6.5.0-1009.9. It was fixed with USN-6573-1.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux< 5.15.0-91.101UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchlinux< 6.2.0-39.40UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchlinux< 6.5.0-14.14UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws< 5.15.0-1051.56UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchlinux-aws< 6.2.0-1017.17UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchlinux-aws< 6.5.0-1011.11UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws-5.15< 5.15.0-1051.56~20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws-6.2< 6.2.0-1017.17~22.04.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux	< 5.15.0-91.101	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	linux	< 6.2.0-39.40	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	linux	< 6.5.0-14.14	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws	< 5.15.0-1051.56	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	linux-aws	< 6.2.0-1017.17	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	linux-aws	< 6.5.0-1011.11	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws-5.15	< 5.15.0-1051.56~20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws-6.2	< 6.2.0-1017.17~22.04.1	UNKNOWN