Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_27-rt package, versions <3-150500.2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELLIVEPATCH514211505001327RT-6282901
  • published28 Feb 2024
  • disclosed27 Feb 2024

Introduced: 27 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-51780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_27-rt to version 3-150500.2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_27-rt package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_27-rt package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.6.8. do_vcc_ioctl in net/atm/ioctl.c has a use-after-free because of a vcc_recvmsg race condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1