Riskcovery

CVE-2023-6270

Kernel: aoe: improper reference count leads to use-after-free vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Jan 4, 2024
Updated
Oct 29, 2026
Reserved
Nov 23, 2023

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Description

A flaw was found in the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) driver in the Linux kernel. The aoecmd_cfg_pkts() function improperly updates the refcnt on `struct net_device`, and a use-after-free can be triggered by racing between the free on the struct and the access through the `skbtxq` global queue. This could lead to a denial of service condition or potential code execution.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

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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