VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-23039

CVSS score5.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-02-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.2.0-rc2. drivers/tty/vcc.c has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a VCC device while calling open(), aka a race condition between vcc_open() and vcc_remove().

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-362

Primary references