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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2023-51780 json

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.6.8.

published 2023-12-25 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-56466

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.6.8. do_vcc_ioctl in net/atm/ioctl.c has a use-after-free because of a vcc_recvmsg race condition.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 6.6.8
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.69-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.6.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51780

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-173.191
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-97.107
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1120.130
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1055.60
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1124.133
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1052.60
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1051.56
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1067.72

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51780

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 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:2950RHSA-2024:3138

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1SUSE-SU-2024:2802-1SUSE-SU-2024:1669-1

  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-kvm AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2950ALSA-2024:3138ALSA-2024:2394

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:3138RLSA-2024:2950RLSA-2024:3138

  • hyperv-daemons CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.145.2-1
  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.148.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-33287AZL-33345

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-2023-51780 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: use-after-free in net/atm/ioctl.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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 Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:3138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:3138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2950
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2394
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2950
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module atm 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-2024:2394

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-25-226-15 updated

Siemens SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
    not affected

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

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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