Local information disclosure via partial VDUSE configuration copy
Published Sep 1, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Information disclosure in the Linux Kernel's VDUSE backend allows local users to expose uninitialized stack data through a config read. When a userspace VDUSE device advertises features needing more configuration bytes than it supplies, vduse_vdpa_get_config copies only the available bytes without initializing the remainder. Reaching the flaw requires local low-privilege access and a mismatched VDUSE device; the known consequence is indirect disclosure through kernel logs, with no direct userspace return established.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in the Linux Kernel's VDUSE backend allows local users to expose uninitialized stack data through a config read. When a userspace VDUSE device advertises features needing more configuration bytes than it supplies, vduse_vdpa_get_config copies only the available bytes without initializing the remainder. Reaching the flaw requires local low-privilege access and a mismatched VDUSE device; the known consequence is indirect disclosure through kernel logs, with no direct userspace return established.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2308
- Published
- Sep 1, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-457, CWE-908
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 1, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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