PT-2022-6552

CVE-2023-2019

Published

2022-07-29

Updated

2025-03-18

Description by

CVSS 3.1

4.4

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netdevsim device driver, within the scheduling of events. This issue results from the improper management of a reference count. This may allow an attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.

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

Exploitability

Exploit

Impacts

Researchers

Lucas Leong

Wmliang

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (\'Link Following\')

CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count