UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6039

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6039

    Published: 9 Nov 2023Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-6039
    Aliases:
    USN-6534-1
    USN-6534-2
    USN-6534-3

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free flaw was found in lan78xx_disconnect in drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c in the network sub-component, net/usb/lan78xx in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system when the LAN78XX USB device detaches.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6039, https://git.kernel.org/linus/1e7417c188d0a83fb385ba2dbe35fd2563f2b6f3, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6039, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e7417c188d0a83fb385ba2dbe35fd2563f2b6f3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6626-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6628-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6626-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6628-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6626-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6706-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6039

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    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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