Red Hat: CVE-2023-1118: kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c due to race condition (Multiple Advisories)

Red Hat: CVE-2023-1118: kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c due to race condition (Multiple Advisories)

Severity

7

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

03/02/2023

Created

11/16/2023

Added

11/15/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel integrated infrared receiver/transceiver driver was found in the way user detaching rc device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution(s)

• redhat-upgrade-kernel
• redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

• CVE-2023-1118
• RHSA-2023:6901
• RHSA-2023:7077
• RHSA-2024:1653
• RHSA-2024:3810