VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-1249
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s core dump subsystem.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s core dump subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. Only if patch 390031c94211 ("coredump: Use the vma snapshot in fill_files_note") not applied yet, then kernel could be affected.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171912/CentOS-Stream-9-Missing-Kernel-Security-Fix.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/87iltzn3nd.fsf_-_%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171912/CentOS-Stream-9-Missing-Kernel-Security-Fix.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/87iltzn3nd.fsf_-_%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.