CVE-2023-26545
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 67
Analyzed
Published: 25 Feb 2023, 00:00
Last modified:20 Mar 2025, 20:45
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100 CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
25 Feb 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
20 Mar 2025, 20:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 3%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-415•Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.
Affected Systems
- debian•debian_linux
10.0
- linux•linux_kernel
≥ 4.1, < 6.1.13
- netapp•h300s_firmware
na
- netapp•h410c_firmware
na
- netapp•h410s_firmware
na
- netapp•h500s_firmware
na
- netapp•h700s_firmware
na
References (6)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fda6c89fe3d9aca073495a664e1d5aea28cd4377
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fda6c89fe3d9aca073495a664e1d5aea28cd4377
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.13
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0009/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html