Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-0311

The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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