CVE-2013-0311 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0311?

CVE-2013-0311 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0311?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0311?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-0311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0311, GHSA-783c-mvqh-hj8j.