Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.1-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6115217
  • published11 Dec 2023
  • disclosed9 Dec 2023
  • creditXingyuan Mo

Introduced: 9 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-50431  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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 Information Exposure in the habanalabs_ioctl.c file. An attacker can obtain sensitive information from a leakage of kernel heap data to user mode.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1