CVE-2023-1838

EPSS 0.3%CWE-416

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.

Affected products

n/a · Kernel

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References

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220516084213.26854-1-jasowang%40redhat.com/T/https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0003/