A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handle_rx() function in the [vhost_net] driver. A malicious virtual guest, under specific conditions, can trigger an out-of-bounds write in a kmalloc-8 slab on a virtual host which may lead to a kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out. Versions from v4.16 and newer are vulnerable.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.187Z

Reserved: 2018-09-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16880

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-29T16:29:00.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:31.137

Link: CVE-2018-16880

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-01-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16880 - Bugzilla

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