Security Advisory
CVE-2023-4459
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
August 21, 2023
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory