Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.7-rc4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6168622
  • published17 Jan 2024
  • disclosed8 Jan 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-0582  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.7-rc4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the buffer ring mmap process. An attacker with local access can achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service by exploiting a use-after-free error in the memory mapping of the buffer ring.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1