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Use After Free Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-6192406
  • published 26 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 17 Jan 2023
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Introduced: 17 Jan 2023

CVE-2023-2162 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-core to version 0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0432.

NVD Description

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

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c in SCSI sub-component in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw an attacker could leak kernel internal information.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

6.6 medium
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SUSE

7 high