CVE-2023-4387
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-16 18:49
Modified
2024-09-23 21:20
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Kernel: vmxnet3: use-after-free in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf()
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| secalert@redhat.com | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4387 | Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219270 | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e7fef9521e73ca8afd7da9e58c14654b02dfad8 | Patch |
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