Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-1855 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
high complexity
linux
debian
CWE-416

Summary

A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
5450
OS
Debian
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)