CVE-2023-6039 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-6039

Kernel: use-after-free in drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c in lan78xx_disconnect

Vulnerability Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in lan78xx_disconnect in drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c in the network sub-component, net/usb/lan78xx in the Linux Kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system when the LAN78XX USB device detaches.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Red Hat would like to thank Duoming Zhou for reporting this issue.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5-rc5

Timeline

Official Publish: November 9th, 2023
Last Modified: February 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)