CVE-2023-6531
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
13.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-362
Published 2024-01-21 · modified 2026-08-06
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-01-21 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-06 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux Kernel due to a race problem in the unix garbage collector's deletion of SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic() on the socket that the SKB is queued on.
Affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6531
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253034
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/c716c88321939156909cfa1bd8b0faaf1c804103.1701868795.git.asml.silence@gmail.com/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176533/Linux-Broken-Unix-GC-Interaction-Use-After-Free.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6531
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253034
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/c716c88321939156909cfa1bd8b0faaf1c804103.1701868795.git.asml.silence@gmail.com/