Race condition in qdisc_graft() in Linux Kernel leads to use-after-free vulnerability and denial of service

Race condition in qdisc_graft() in Linux Kernel leads to use-after-free vulnerability and denial of service

CVE-2023-0590 · MEDIUM Severity

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

A use-after-free flaw was found in qdisc_graft in net/sched/sch_api.c in the Linux Kernel due to a race problem. This flaw leads to a denial of service issue. If patch ebda44da44f6 ("net: sched: fix race condition in qdisc_graft()") not applied yet, then kernel could be affected.

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