vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-1838: ELSA-2024-0897: kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 16, 2022
Added
Feb 23, 2024
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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