Description
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Published: 2023-07-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

To mitigate this issue, prevent the tun module from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-44445 An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus Rhev Hypervisor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T20:27:31.255Z

Reserved: 2023-07-20T13:02:44.826Z

Link: CVE-2023-3812

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:08:50.501Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-24T16:15:13.337

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:07.500

Link: CVE-2023-3812

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-3812 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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