Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6050215
  • published13 Nov 2023
  • disclosed3 Nov 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-47233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the brcmf_cfg80211_detach function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by physically disconnecting the USB device during operation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1