Name | CVE-2023-5178 |
Description | A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-3711-1, DSA-5594-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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linux (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.99-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.10.6-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.10.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924
https://git.kernel.org/linus/d920abd1e7c4884f9ecd0749d1921b7ab19ddfbd
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/15/1