CVE-2023-3159

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

Database specific

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    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3159.json"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/torvalds/linux

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/torvalds/linux

Events

Introduced

c5eb0a61238dd6faf37f58c9ce61c9980aaffd7a

Fixed

b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff

Database specific

Show details

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                },
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                    "last_affected": "Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.18-rc6"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff"
                }
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            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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}

Affected versions

Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.*

Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.18-rc6

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-3159.json"

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-10-15T07:10:55Z"