CVE-2013-0311
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0311
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-0311.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-0311
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:11:32.727887Z
- Published
- 2013-02-22T00:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:11:32.727887Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0579.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0882.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.7.bz2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd97120fc3d1a11f3124c7c9ba1d91f51829eb85
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912905
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd97120fc3d1a11f3124c7c9ba1d91f51829eb85
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/6