CVE-2023-5178 Information

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.cinnvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation in case that the attacker already has local privileges.

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5178 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/20231002105428.226515-1-sagi@grimberg.me/