Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5291198
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Feb 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-1281  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege Escalation. such that the imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1