{"id":"CVE-2018-1118","details":"Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:17:17.321598Z","published":"2018-05-10T22:29:00.260Z","related":["MGASA-2018-0324","MGASA-2018-0340","MGASA-2018-0341","SUSE-SU-2018:2092-1","SUSE-SU-2018:2222-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3762-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3762-2/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1118"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1118.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"4.8"},{"fixed":"4.18"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"18.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}