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CVE-2023-6531

Public on 2024-01-03
Modified on 2024-01-11
Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux Kernel due to a race problem in the unix garbage collector's deletion of SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic() on the socket that the SKB is queued on.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-01-05 21:40 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-045
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2024-01-05 21:40 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-033
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2024-01-03 23:00 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-057
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2024-01-19 01:31 ALAS2023-2024-488

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6531 Mitre: CVE-2023-6531 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity