CVE-2023-4459 — Kernel: vmxnet3: null pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup()
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 m…
Published: 2023-08-21 · CVSS: 5.5 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7