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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2023· Updated Nov 15, 2025

Kernel: vmxnet3: null pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup()

CVE-2023-4459

Description

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.

Affected products

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Patches

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