Race Condition Affecting kernel-64k-modules package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
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- published 4 Nov 2024
- disclosed 30 Apr 2024
Introduced: 30 Apr 2024
CVE-2023-6531 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-64k-modules to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:2394.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules package and not the kernel-64k-modules package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2394.html
- https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-6531.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6531
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253034
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/c716c88321939156909cfa1bd8b0faaf1c804103.1701868795.git.asml.silence@gmail.com/