CVE-2023-4459 (GCVE-0-2023-4459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-21 18:49
Modified
2026-10-08 20:02
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary
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.
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support |
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Nomenclature
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- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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