CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-2593
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-07-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-29
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
A flaw exists within the Linux kernel's handling of new TCP connections. The issue results from the lack of memory release after its effective lifetime. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2593 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2384787 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAH2r5msyEy20e=FBx6wPWWc3kXzNR4b+[email protected]/ lore.kernel.org