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Debian: CVE-2023-6039: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 9, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in lan78xx_disconnect in drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c in the network sub-component, net/usb/lan78xx in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system when the LAN78XX USB device detaches.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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