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CVE-2023-1476

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s mm/mremap memory address space accounting source code. This issu

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.00019
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

6
linux kernel< 5.14
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux for power little endianall versions
redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Nov 2023 · 09:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2023:1659Important
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1476Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2176035Issue Tracking
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=97113eb39fa7972722ff490b947d8af023e1f6a2Mailing ListPatch
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