CVE-2023-1118

high

Published 2023-11-14 · Modified 2023-11-23

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.20-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.178-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.1.20-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.1.20-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.1.20-1`
almalinux	8	fixed	`kernel-doc-4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.noarch.rpm`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.