CVE-2023-1838

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A use-after-free flaw was found in the vhost net set backend function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the virtio network subcomponent of the Linux kernel due to a double fget. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system and potentially lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.