CVE-2023-3159

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff	Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc5::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-12 21:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-3159

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3159

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3159

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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