DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5178

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5178

    Published: 1 Nov 2023Last Modified: 26 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-5178

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5178

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.1.64-1

    Affected versions

    6.1.27-1
    6.1.37-1
    6.1.38-1
    6.1.38-2
    6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
    6.1.38-3
    6.1.38-4
    6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
    6.1.52-1
    6.1.55-1
    6.1.55-1~bpo11+1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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