CVE-2023-1838 - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

Vendors & Products
CPE Configurations

Vendors	Products
Netapp	H700s H410c H500s H410s H300s
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:::::::*

References

Link	Resource
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220516084213.26854-1-jasowang%40redhat.com/T/	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0003/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

History

No history.

MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-05-17T00:00:00

Reserved: 2023-04-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-1838

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NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-04-05T19:15:07.793

Modified: 2024-02-15T15:56:40.963

Link: CVE-2023-1838

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Redhat Information

No data.

CWE

CWE-416

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