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Red Hat: CVE-2023-33203: kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-33203: kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/18/2023
Created
11/09/2023
Added
11/08/2023
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

The Linux kernel before 6.2.9 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free in drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c if a physically proximate attacker unplugs an emac based device.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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