Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.2-rc7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5291563
  • published28 Mar 2023
  • disclosed28 Mar 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-1075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.2-rc7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure such that the tls_is_tx_ready() function incorrectly checks for list emptiness, potentially accessing a type confused entry to the list_head, leaking the last byte of the confused field that overlaps with rec->tx_ready.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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