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high 7.1

CVE-2023-1838 json

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…

published 2023-04-05 3 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also EUVD-2023-24040

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.14.317, 4.19.245, 5.4.196, 5.10.118, 5.15.42, 5.17.10
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.17.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1838

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-126.142
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-47.51
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1085.92
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1019.23
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1089.97
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1017.23
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1083.89
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1015.18

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1838

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perf rhev hypervisor 4.4, RHEL 8.6 EUS 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0412RHSA-2023:6583RHSA-2024:0575RHSA-2024:0881RHSA-2024:0897

  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2871-1SUSE-SU-2023:2809-1SUSE-SU-2023:2646-1SUSE-SU-2023:2148-1SUSE-SU-2023:2147-1SUSE-SU-2023:2146-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:0897

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.107.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-26032

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-1838 updated cvss 7.1

kernel: Possible use-after-free since the two fdget() during vhost_net_set_backend()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-selftests-internal
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0897
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0575
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-tools 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, python3-perf 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0897
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0575
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0881
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  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 7.1

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Kernel

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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