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CVE-2023-1838

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Date: April 5, 2023

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-1838
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220516084213.26854-1-jasowang@redhat.com/T/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0003/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1838
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1838
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220516084213.26854-1-jasowang%40redhat.com/T/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-1838

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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