HIGH 7.1 Microsoft
CVE-2023-1838
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2023-Apr: 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 Products
- cm1 kernel 5.10.177.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0
- cbl2 kernel 5.15.107.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1838
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1838
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 was published on 2023-04-11 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.177.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.107.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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