CVE-2023-1855

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

05/04/2023

Last modified:

12/02/2025

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.30

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		6.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.9 (including)	4.14.311 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.279 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.238 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.176 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.104 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.21 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.2.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-1855

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools