VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-1855

CVSS score6.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-416
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references