CVE-2023-2019 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netdevsim device driver, within the scheduling of events. This issue results from the improper management of a reference count. This may allow an attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

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Configuration 2 [-]

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No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189137
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/180a6a3ee60a
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2019
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2019
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-442/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-17811/

History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-18T19:17:56.031Z

Reserved: 2023-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-2019

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:19.533Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-24T21:15:09.347

Modified: 2025-03-18T20:15:19.093

Link: CVE-2023-2019

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-04-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2019 - Bugzilla

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