CVE-2023-3141

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-10-14
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in r592_remove in drivers/memstick/host/r592.c in media access in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system at device disconnect, possibly leading to a kernel information leak.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0
Linux kernel: from 2.6.39 before 4.14.316; from 4.15 before 4.19.284; from 4.20 before 5.4.244; from 5.5 before 5.10.181; from 5.11 before 5.15.113; from 5.16 before 6.1.30 — fixed in 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.10.181, 5.15.113, 5.4.244, 6.1.30
NetApp Hci Baseboard Management Controller: h300s, h410c, h410s, h500s, h700s

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.316, 4.19.284, 5.10.181, 5.15.113. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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