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CVE-2023-1838

HIGH CVSS: 7.1 Published: 2023-04-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Netapp H410SNetapp H410CNetapp H500SNetapp H300SLinux Linux KernelNetapp H700S

Weakness Type

CWE-416, CWE-416

References