Description
A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.
Published: 2023-06-12
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-43843 A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6254-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6341-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:21:13.455Z

Reserved: 2023-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-3159

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.155Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-12T21:15:22.937

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:35.543

Link: CVE-2023-3159

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-04-09T06:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-3159 - Bugzilla

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