CVE-2023-6531 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, affecting various Linux distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw stems from a race condition in the Unix garbage collector, potentially allowing a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, it is not listed on the KEV catalog, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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