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.
2023-07-24T16:15:13.337
2024-11-21T08:18:07.500
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 4.19.265 | Yes |
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 5.4.224 | Yes |
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 5.10.154 | Yes |
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 5.15.78 | Yes |
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 6.0.8 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 | Yes |