CVE-2023-3812

high

Published 2024-01-23 · Modified 2023-12-04

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
rocky	8	fixed
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.0.8-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.158-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.0.8-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.0.8-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.0.8-1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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