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CVE-2023-5178

Kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in nvme

Published: 11/1/2023 Last updated: 2/18/2026 Reserved: 9/25/2023

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe/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.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 8.8 High CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Opam packages affected (29)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes ortools_solvers orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt restricted shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (26)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Red Hat < 5d122db2ff80cd2aed4dcd630befb56b51ddf947
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat <= 6.1.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 017196730299ccd6eed24bbfabed8af4ffd81530
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 4.8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Red Hat 5.13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat < 5.13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat 4.8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 5.16.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Red Hat <= 5.17.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 6.4.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat <= 6.0.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Red Hat <= 5.1.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat <= *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat <= 6.3.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Red Hat <= *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 5.14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat <= 6.1.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat <= 5.15.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat 5.14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 66b513b7c64a7290c1fbb88e657f7cece992e131
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Red Hat < 49b0d8bf05809df5f87e5c03e26d74bdfdab4571
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Red Hat < 20fbf100f84b9aeb9c91421abe1927bc152bc32b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat <= 6.1.*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat < 255c0e60e1d16874fc151358d94bc8df661600dd
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Red Hat <= *

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