A 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.723Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-1838

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-04-05T19:15:07.793

Modified: 2024-02-15T15:56:40.963

Link: CVE-2023-1838

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-05-16T10:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1838 - Bugzilla