CVE-2023-23039
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CVE-2023-23039 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.7/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.2.0-rc2. drivers/tty/vcc.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a VCC device while calling open(), aka a race condition between vcc_open() and vcc_remove().. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.2.0-rc2. drivers/tty/vcc.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a VCC device while calling open(), aka a race condition between vcc_open() and vcc_remove().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | < 6.2.0 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.2.0 | Rc1 |
References
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/1/169Mailing List, Patch
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/1/1/169Mailing List, Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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