9.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2023-5178

Published: 01/11/2023 Updated: 03/04/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel 6.6

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redhat enterprise linux 9.0

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 84 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat Produ ...
Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 92 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Securit ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 90 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Securit ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 84 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red H ...
Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 90 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Securit ...
Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 88 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Securit ...
Synopsis Important: OpenShift Container Platform 41154 bug fix and security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 41154 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancementsThis release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift ...
Synopsis Important: OpenShift Container Platform 41154 security and extras update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 41154 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugsThis release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 ...
Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 86 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Securit ...
Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 88 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Securit ...
Synopsis Important: kpatch-patch security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 92 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 84 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Ent ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Insights patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory View affected systems Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as havin ...
Synopsis Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4142 bug fix and security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4142 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancementsThis release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift C ...
Synopsis Important: OpenShift Container Platform 41247 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 41247 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancementsThis release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Container P ...

Github Repositories

Exploit for CVE-2023-5178

CVE-2023-5178 The exploit for CVE-2023-5178: NVMe-oF-TCP vulnerability, which is a logic error in NVMe-oF-TCP driver during the handle of corrupted Initialize Connection Request It leads to racy double-free in kmalloc-96, which can be exploited to gain LPE(see demo below) The exploit targets Ubuntu 2310 with 650-9-generic kernel (the latest affected kernel version) It ca