CVE-2023-35829 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2023-35829?

CVE-2023-35829 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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 6.3.2. A use-after-free was found in rkvdec_remove in drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c.

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35829?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Netapp H300s, Netapp H410s, Netapp H500s, Netapp H700s.

How do I fix CVE-2023-35829?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2023-35829 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-35829 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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-27246, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-35829, GHSA-rj3q-88g5-jm9h, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-35829.