CVE-2023-2019: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 6.0 (fixed in 6.0)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 9.0 only

Published 2023-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.