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Red Hat: CVE-2023-3159: kernel: use after free issue in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2023-3159: kernel: use after free issue in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2023-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2023, 3159, kernel, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 7

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jun 12, 2023

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 10, 2025

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.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2023-3159

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