Riskcovery

CVE-2023-3108

Kernel: a race condition in crypto module in the function skcipher_recvmsg

State
Published
Severity
6.2 Medium
Published
Jul 11, 2023
Updated
Nov 20, 2025
Reserved
Jun 5, 2023

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Description

A flaw was found in the subsequent get_user_pages_fast in the Linux kernel’s interface for symmetric key cipher algorithms in the skcipher_recvmsg of crypto/algif_skcipher.c function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
          Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
            Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
              Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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