CVE-2023-4459
Moderate
CVE-2023-4459
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
August 21, 2023
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-4459
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1250
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1306
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4459
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219268
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edf410cb74dc612fd47ef5be319c5a0bcd6e6ccd