Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


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-6184792
  • published23 Jan 2024
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-23848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to improper handling of memory in the cec_queue_msg_fh function. An attacker can potentially cause a system crash or execute arbitrary code.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1