CVE-2023-3159

CVE Details

Release Date:	2023-06-12
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.7
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20480	2025-07-17
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20530	2025-08-18
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2023-12565	2023-07-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2023-12566	2023-07-04
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2023-13043	2023-12-13
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2023-13043	2023-12-13
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20480	2025-07-17
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20530	2025-08-18
Oracle VM version 3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2023-0017	2023-08-03