CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2023-1838
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.25%
Linux
Original NVD Description
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.
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