CVE-2023-32269 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2023-32269?

CVE-2023-32269 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.1.11. In net/netrom/af_netrom.c, there is a use-after-free because accept is also allowed for a successfully connected AF_NETROM socket. However, in order for an attacker to exploit this, the system must have netrom routing configured or the attacker must have the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32269?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-32269?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2023-32269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-26623, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32269, GHSA-jmv4-pg4w-272q, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32269.