PT-2022-6838 · Vmware+6 · Vmxnet3+6
Dhananjay Arunesh
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Published
2022-05-14
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Updated
2025-06-03
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CVE-2023-4387
CVSS v3.1
7.1
High
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux Kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the
vmxnet3 rq alloc rx buf function in the drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3 drv.c file of 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.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
DoS
Use After Free
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Centos
Red Hat
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu
Vmxnet3