Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.3-rc4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5563739
  • published19 May 2023
  • disclosed19 May 2023
  • creditZheng Wang, Zhuorao Yang, Yang Hu, Zong Cao

Introduced: 19 May 2023

CVE-2023-33203  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.3-rc4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to a race condition in the drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c file if a physically proximate attacker unplugs an emac based device.

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