CVE-2023-4459 (GCVE-0-2023-4459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-21 18:49 – Updated: 2026-10-08 20:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Kernel: vmxnet3: null pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup()
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-08 19:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
10 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1250 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1306 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4459 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219268 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edf410cb… |
Impacted products
16 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-193.133.1.el8_2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::baseos |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-193.133.1.rt13.184.el8_2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::nfv cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::realtime |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-193.133.1.el8_2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::baseos |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-193.133.1.el8_2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2::baseos |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-305.125.1.rt7.201.el8_4 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::nfv cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::realtime |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service |
Unaffected:
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cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-305.125.1.el8_4 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:5.14.0-70.93.2.el9_0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::crb cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::baseos |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
0:5.14.0-70.93.1.rt21.165.el9_0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::realtime cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0::nfv |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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Date Public
2022-05-14 00:00
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