Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-5705738
- published 13 Jun 2023
- disclosed 9 Apr 2022
Introduced: 9 Apr 2022
CVE-2023-3159 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.
CVSS Scores
version 3.1