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CVE-2023-4459

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 24
NVD Status Modified
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
NVD Status
Modified
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2023-08-21 19:15:09
(13 months ago)
Updated Date
2024-04-25 14:15:09
(4 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 5.18 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 5.18

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0