CVE-2023-39198

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 33
Modified
Published: 09 Nov 2023, 19:15
Last modified:24 Mar 2026, 11:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
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

09 Nov 2023, 19:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
24 Mar 2026, 11:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A race condition was found in the QXL driver in the Linux kernel. The qxl_mode_dumb_create() function dereferences the qobj returned by the qxl_gem_object_create_with_handle(), but the handle is the only one holding a reference to it. This flaw allows an attacker to guess the returned handle value and trigger a use-after-free issue, potentially leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 2%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-366•Race Condition within a Thread

    If two threads of execution use a resource simultaneously, there exists the possibility that resources may be used while invalid, in turn making the state of execution undefined.

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    38

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 6.5 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3 | 6.5:rc4 | 6.5:rc5 | 6.5:rc6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

References (6)