Linux Kernel CVE Statistics
14 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2023
Full month · Source: NIST NVD
In August 2023, 14 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 10 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 14 CVEs represent 5% of all 2023 Linux kernel CVEs , down from July's 39 (a 64% month-over-month decrease) .
14
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
10
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2023
14 CVEs
| CVE ID | Package | Severity | CVSS | Published | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-40283 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2023-08-14 | An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.10. There is… | |
| CVE-2023-4147 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2023-08-07 | A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Netfilter functionality when adding a rule with NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_I… | |
| CVE-2023-4389 | linux | High | 7.1 | 2023-08-16 | A flaw was found in btrfs_get_root_ref in fs/btrfs/disk-io.c in the btrfs filesystem in the Linux Kernel due to a doubl… | |
| CVE-2023-4387 | linux | High | 7.1 | 2023-08-16 | A use-after-free flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in VMware's vmxnet3 eth… | |
| CVE-2023-4273 | linux | Medium | 6.7 | 2023-08-09 | A flaw was found in the exFAT driver of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability exists in the implementation of the file na… | |
| CVE-2023-4611 | linux | Medium | 6.3 | 2023-08-29 | A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue is… | |
| CVE-2023-4394 | linux | Medium | 6.0 | 2023-08-17 | A use-after-free flaw was found in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path in fs/btrfs/volumes.c in btrfs file-system in the Linux… | |
| CVE-2023-4569 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2023-08-28 | A memory leak flaw was found in nft_set_catchall_flush in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue… | |
| CVE-2023-4459 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2023-08-21 | A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking … | |
| CVE-2023-4385 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2023-08-16 | A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in dbFree in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c in the journaling file system (JFS) in the Lin… | |
| CVE-2023-4194 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2023-08-07 | A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP functionality. This issue could allow a local user to bypass network fil… | |
| CVE-2023-4132 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2023-08-03 | A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the siano smsusb module in the Linux kernel. The bug occurs during device i… | |
| CVE-2023-4133 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2023-08-03 | A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the cxgb4 driver in the Linux kernel. The bug occurs when the cxgb4 device … | |
| CVE-2020-27418 | linux | Medium | 4.4 | 2023-08-22 | A Use After Free vulnerability in Fedora Linux kernel 5.9.0-rc9 allows attackers to obatin sensitive information via vg… |