Use After Free Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESCORE-6193465
  • published26 Jan 2024
  • disclosed14 Aug 2023

Introduced: 14 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40283  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0448.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in l2cap_sock_release in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.10. There is a use-after-free because the children of an sk are mishandled.

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