Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost/vsock: always initialize seqpacket_allow There are two issues around seqpacket_allow: 1. seqpacket_allow is not initialized when socket is created. Thus if features are never set, it will be read uninitialized. 2. if VIRTIO_VSOCK_F_SEQPACKET is set and then cleared, then seqpacket_allow will not be cleared appropriately (existing apps I know about don't usually do this but it's legal and there's no way to be sure no one relies on this). To fix: - initialize seqpacket_allow after allocation - set it unconditionally in set_features
References (6)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-909
Status
published
Products (5)
linux/Kernel
5.14.0 - 5.15.165linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.103linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.44linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.10.3linux
linux/linux_kernel
5.14 - 5.15.165
Published
Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026