CVE-2023-6531: high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Kernel: gc's deletion of an skb races with unix_stream_read_generic() leading to uaf
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7epss 0.2%
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux Kernel due to a race problem in the unix garbage collector's deletion of SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic() on the socket that the SKB is queued on.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Related CVEs — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176533/Linux-Broken-Unix-GC-Interaction-Use-After-Free.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6531https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253034https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.htmlhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/c716c88321939156909cfa1bd8b0faaf1c804103.1701868795.git.asml.silence@gmail.com/