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medium 6.5

CVE-2023-5158 json

Possible dos from guest to host invringh_kiov_advance in vhost driver at drivers/vhost/vringh.c

published 2023-09-25 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57496

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 12 6.1.64-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.5.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5158

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-91.101
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1051.56
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1048.56
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1048.53
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.47
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1048.53
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1053.61
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1034.40

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5158

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  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.2
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 +7 more 5.14.21-150400.24.100.2
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.2
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.100.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4810-1SUSE-SU-2023:4782-1SUSE-SU-2023:4734-1SUSE-SU-2023:4732-1SUSE-SU-2023:4731-1SUSE-SU-2023:4730-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-5158 updated cvss 6.5

kernel: Possible DOS from guest to host invringh_kiov_advance in vhost driver at drivers/vhost/vringh.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a kernel
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Fedora Fedora

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-684 Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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