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CVE-2023-1855

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.3 Published: 2023-04-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-416, CWE-416

References