Security Advisory
CVE-2018-14625
5.3
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly intercept or corrupt AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients.
Published Date
September 10, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory