Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.5-rc4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6233830
  • published8 Feb 2024
  • disclosed8 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-1312  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.5-rc4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to a flaw in the mas_prev_slot function. An attacker can crash the system by winning two races simultaneously with a failure in the specified function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1