cve/2023/CVE-2023-4459.md

### [CVE-2023-4459](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4459)
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### Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/NaInSec/CVE-LIST
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds