Race Condition Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.49.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELSOURCE-6251289
  • published17 Feb 2024
  • disclosed15 Feb 2024

Introduced: 15 Feb 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-source to version 5.14.21-150500.55.49.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source package and not the kernel-source package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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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