CVE-2023-1855
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- Published
- Apr 5, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2023
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Kerneln/a |
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References
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230318122758.2140868-1-linux%40roeck-us.net/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230502 [SECURITY] [DLA 3404-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230503 [SECURITY] [DLA 3403-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cb090e64cf25602b9adaf32d5dfc9c8bec493cd1
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