Race Condition in Linux Kernel's Unix Garbage Collector Leads to Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Race Condition in Linux Kernel's Unix Garbage Collector Leads to Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2023-6531 · HIGH Severity

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

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux Kernel due to a race problem in the unix garbage collector's deletion of SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic() on the socket that the SKB is queued on.

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