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CVE-2023-1838

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-04-05T00:00:00
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Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in vhost_net_set_backend in drivers/vhost/net.c in virtio network subcomponent in the Linux kernel due to a double fget. This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system, and could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

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⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-rc9p-5gf8-h3m8

Advisory Details

A use-after-free flaw was found in vhost_net_set_backend in drivers/vhost/net.c in virtio network subcomponent in the Linux kernel due to a double fget. This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system, and could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1838
WEB https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220516084213.26854-1-jasowang%40redhat.com/T
WEB https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/T
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0003

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 5, 2023, Modified: February 15, 2024

References

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220516084213.26854-1-jasowang%40redhat.com/T/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0003/
Published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.723Z
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