{"cve":"CVE-2023-6531","nvd":{"published":"2024-01-21T10:15:07.967","modified":"2026-08-06T22:16:38.510","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"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"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:44:57.175229480+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-6531","score":0.00224,"percentile":0.13093,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}