Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_53-default package, versions <7-150500.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELLIVEPATCH5142115050053DEFAULT-6231827
  • published8 Feb 2024
  • disclosed7 Feb 2024

Introduced: 7 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-6932  (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_53-default to version 7-150500.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_53-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_53-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ipv4: igmp component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

A race condition can be exploited to cause a timer be mistakenly registered on a RCU read locked object which is freed by another thread.

We recommend upgrading past commit e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1