CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-52846

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.34%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the HSR subsystem has a use-after-free vulnerability in prp_create_tagged_frame(). The prp_fill_rct() function can fail, freeing the skb and returning NULL, but the original skb is returned on the success path, leading to use of freed memory.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability could lead to system crash or potentially arbitrary code execution.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a patched version that uses the returned value.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hsr: Prevent use after free in prp_create_tagged_frame() The prp_fill_rct() function can fail. In that situation, it frees the skb and returns NULL. Meanwhile on the success path, it returns the original skb. So it's straight forward to fix bug by using the returned value.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS