Security Advisory

CVE-2023-3812

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2023-07-24 15:19:21
Last updated 2026-02-26 20:27:31
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.