Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.0-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6349064
  • published1 Mar 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2019-25162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.0-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to improper handling of objects in memory during the execution of i2c operations. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a specific process.

CVSS Scores

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