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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2023· Updated Nov 6, 2025

Kernel: vmxnet3: use-after-free in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf()

CVE-2023-4387

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in VMware's vmxnet3 ethernet NIC driver in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a double-free while cleaning up vmxnet3_rq_cleanup_all, which could also lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Affected products

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Patches

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