CVE-2023-5158

Possible dos from guest to host invringh_kiov_advance in vhost driver at drivers/vhost/vringh.c

Published Sep 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57496 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6534-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6534-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6534-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6536-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6537-1 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6549-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6549-2 Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6549-3 Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6549-4 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6549-5 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6573-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6635-1 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Feb 27, 2025, 8:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2023, 11:01 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 25, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:47 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 25, 2023, 12:00 AM