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CVE-2023-6546

Kernel: gsm multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation

Published: 12/21/2023 Last updated: 2/18/2026 Reserved: 12/6/2023

A race condition was found in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when two threads execute the GSMIOC_SETCONF ioctl on the same tty file descriptor with the gsm line discipline enabled, and can lead to a use-after-free problem on a struct gsm_dlci while restarting the gsm mux. This could allow a local unprivileged user to escalate their privileges on the system.

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

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 7 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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 (6)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat < 03ed236480aeec8c2fd327a1ea6d711364c495e3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat < c32fafe68298bb599e825c298e1d0ba30186f0a5
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat < 1.5.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat < 97df85871a5b187609d30fca6d85b912d9e02f29
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat 5.16
RHOL-5.7-RHEL-8 Red Hat n/a

References (106)