CVE-2023-52846

kernel: hsr: Prevent use after free in prp_create_tagged_frame()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hsr: Prevent use after free in prp_create_tagged_frame()

The prp_fill_rct() function can fail. In that situation, it frees the skb and returns NULL. Meanwhile on the success path, it returns the original skb. So it's straight forward to fix bug by using the returned value.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free