CVE-2023-23039

Published Feb 22, 2023

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.2.0-rc2. drivers/tty/vcc.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a VCC device while calling open(), aka a race condition between vcc_open() and vcc_remove().
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.7
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
0.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-362

Configurations