high7.1
CVE-2023-4387
A use-after-free flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC driver in the Linux Kernel.
Impact
A use-after-free flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC driver in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a double-free while cleaning up vmxnet3_rq_cleanup_all, which could also lead to a kernel information leak problem.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 3.16.60 before 3.17 from 4.4 before 4.9.316 from 4.10 before 4.14.281 from 4.15 before 4.19.245 from 4.20 before 5.4.196 from 5.5 before 5.10.118 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8267
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4387
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219270
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e7fef9521e73ca8afd7da9e58c14654b02dfad8
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4387
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219270
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e7fef9521e73ca8afd7da9e58c14654b02dfad8