VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-4611

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-29
Last modified2026-09-11
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue is caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault, and may allow a local attacker to crash the system or lead to a kernel information leak.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references