Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_120-default package, versions <12-150100.2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELLIVEPATCH41214150100197120DEFAULT-5811963
  • published1 Aug 2023
  • disclosed31 Jul 2023

Introduced: 31 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-3159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_120-default to version 12-150100.2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_120-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_120-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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 Base Scores

version 3.1