CVE-2023-3159 (GCVE-0-2023-3159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:21
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Kernel Affected: Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.18-rc6
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