Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.1-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Use After Free vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3126062
  • published18 Nov 2022
  • disclosed28 Sept 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-3523  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free by allowing an attacker to trigger crashes by unloading the kernel module or unbinding the device from the driver prior to a userspace task exiting.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1