CVE-2023-1855

MEDIUM

Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linux/linux_kernel 6.3 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel < 6.3
Published Apr 05, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026