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GHSA-4J6M-CXX4-9X6Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-05 21:30 – Updated: 2025-02-12 18:31

Details

A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-1855 (GCVE-0-2023-1855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-12 16:08

Summary

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-416

Assigner

redhat

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230318122758.214086…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb090e64…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Kernel	Affected: Linux kernel prior to Kernel 6.3 RC3

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GHSA-4J6M-CXX4-9X6Q

CVE-2023-1855 (GCVE-0-2023-1855)

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