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…
CVE-2023-3812
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.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 24 July 2023
- Last updated
- 7 November 2026
- Affected
- Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service
- Assigner
- redhat
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
At the source
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6799
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6813
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7370
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7379
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7382
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7389
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7411
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7548
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7549
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7554
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0340
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