Description
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.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1250
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1306
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4459
Issue Tracking, Patch issue-tracking
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219268
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.18
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Aug 21, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026