Race Condition Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.103.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELMACROS-6180379
  • published19 Jan 2024
  • disclosed18 Jan 2024

Introduced: 18 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-6531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-macros to version 5.14.21-150400.24.103.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux Kernel due to a race problem in the unix garbage collector's deletion of SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic() on the socket that the SKB is queued on.

CVSS Scores

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