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CVE-2023-4459

Kernel: vmxnet3: null pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup()

Published: 8/21/2023 Last updated: 11/21/2024 Reserved: 8/21/2023

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 5.5 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (27)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (19)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Red Hat 2017
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat 10 for x64-based Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat 8.1 for 32-bit systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat RT 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat 2019
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat 2019 (Core installation)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Red Hat unspecified
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Red Hat 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Red Hat 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat wasmtime: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 3.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat 2019 (Core installation)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat version 1803 (Core Installation)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat <= 1.2.13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Red Hat Android 11.0, 12.0, 13.0

References (20)