Medium

Kernel: vmxnet3: null pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup()

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced 21 Aug 2023Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2023-4459

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2023-4459

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/14/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/15/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/16/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/17/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/18/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4459
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Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #15712 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:04:41 GMT
Publisher date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:49:13 GMT

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Revision history

25 Oct 2026CVE-2023-4459 · Revision 1Source updated