What is CVE-2023-5158?

CVE-2023-5158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under CWE-684. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-5158?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel

CVE-2023-5158

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (9.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
N/a Kernel — versions 5.13-rc1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-684

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5158?: CVE-2023-5158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under CWE-684. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-5158?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.