CVE-2023-1838

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/aKernelLinux Kernel prior to kernel 5.18 25affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-416: CWE-416

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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