Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.5-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6186563
  • published24 Jan 2024
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-51042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.5-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences function in the GPU driver. An attacker with local access can cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by manipulating the timing of memory deallocation and reuse.

CVSS Scores

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