A use-after-free flaw was found in lan78xx_disconnect in... · CVE-2023-6039 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

A use-after-free flaw was found in lan78xx_disconnect in...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Nov 9, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 9, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Nov 9, 2023

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 9, 2023

Last updated Nov 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate

5.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H