🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-1476

HIGH 7.0

Kpatch: mm/mremap.c: incomplete fix for cve-2022-41222

CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s mm/mremap memory address space accounting source code. This issue occurs due to a race condition between rmap walk and mremap, allowing a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CWE CWE-416
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 8
Published Nov 3, 2023
Last Updated Feb 27, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1659 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1476 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2176035 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=97113eb39fa7972722ff490b947d8af023e1f6a2