CVE-2023-47233

Summary

CVECVE-2023-47233
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-11-03 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-14 16:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe brcm80211 component in the Linux kernel through 6.5.10 has a brcmf_cfg80211_detach use-after-free in the device unplugging (disconnect the USB by hotplug) code. For physically proximate attackers with local access, this "could be exploited in a real world scenario." This is related to brcmf_cfg80211_escan_timeout_worker in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach' - MARC MISC marc.info
1216702 – VUL-0: kernel: Use after Free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach MISC bugzilla.suse.com
[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach - Zheng Wang lore.kernel.org
[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach - Zheng Wang MISC lore.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 6000567 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5658-1)
  • 755747 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0469-1)
  • 755750 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0476-1)
  • 755751 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0474-1)
  • 755752 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0478-1)
  • 755753 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0484-1)
  • 755754 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0516-1)
  • 755755 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0515-1)
  • 755756 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0514-1)
  • 755765 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0483-1)
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