CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-32269
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-05-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.1.11. In net/netrom/af_netrom.c, there is a use-after-free because accept is also allowed for a successfully connected AF_NETROM socket. However, in order for an attacker to exploit this, the system must have netrom routing configured or the attacker must have the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 6.1.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.11 Release Notes
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/611792920925fb088ddccbe2783c7f92fdfb6b64 Patch
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.11 Release Notes
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/611792920925fb088ddccbe2783c7f92fdfb6b64 Patch