CVE-2023-1838

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-1838
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-05 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:05:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2023-1838 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[PATCH] vhost_net: fix double fget() lore.kernel.org
[PATCH] vhost_net: fix double fget() MISC lore.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161372 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2024-12169)
  • 161402 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2024-0897)
  • 181709 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2023-1838)
  • 242789 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0575)
  • 242855 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0412)
  • 242939 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0897)
  • 242983 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:0881)
  • 355565 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-023
  • 378473 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0021)
  • 672935 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1824)
  • 672952 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-1806)
  • 673074 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2193)
  • 673182 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2335)
  • 673208 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2315)
  • 673393 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2647)
  • 674113 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2689)
  • 753981 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2146-1)
  • 753982 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2148-1)
  • 755851 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2646-1)
  • 906812 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (26043-1)
  • 906858 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (26032-1)
  • 941584 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2024:0897)
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