CVE-2023-3159

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.7) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 11% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2023-06-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff

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