Use After Free Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.121.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELDOCS-5507864
  • published10 May 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2023-1611  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-150300.59.121.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free flaw was found in btrfs_search_slot in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in btrfs in the Linux Kernel.This flaw allows an attacker to crash the system and possibly cause a kernel information lea

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1