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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-1118 json

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel integrated infrared receiver/transceiver driver was found in the way user detaching rc device.

published 2023-03-02 3 y ago modified 2026-09-18 51 d ago also EUVD-2023-23401

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1118

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-211.222
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-149.166
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-72.79
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1156.169
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1102.110
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1036.40
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1105.114
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1034.42

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1118

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:7077RHSA-2023:6901RHSA-2024:3810RHSA-2024:1653

  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2871-1SUSE-SU-2023:2809-1SUSE-SU-2023:2805-1SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1SUSE-SU-2023:2646-1SUSE-SU-2023:2506-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:7077

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.102.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-25352

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-1118 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c due to race condition

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2023:7077
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:1653
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:3810
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-tools 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, python3-perf 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2023:7077
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:1653
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:3810
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2023:6901
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  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.98.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module ene_ir from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:1653
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-044-09 updated cvss 7.8

Siemens SCALANCE W700 IEEE 802.11ax

  • Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DC0) <V3.0.0
    +13 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (6GK5766-1GE00-7TA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-1AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures (6GK5762-1AJ00-2AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3AB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DB0) <V3.0.0
    affected: fixed in V3.0.0 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Kernel

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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