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LIN1021-6697 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2023-5178

Created: Oct 16, 2023 Updated: Nov 2, 2023

Found In Version: 10.21.20.1

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21

Component/s: Kernel

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-oF/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 in case that the attacker already has local privileges.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178