{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2023-3159","published":"2023-06-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:19.396180611Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2023:2804-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2805-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2808-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2810-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2822-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2830-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2834-1","SUSE-SU-2023:2859-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3035-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3046-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3069-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3073-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3075-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3081-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3083-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3104-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3107-1","SUSE-SU-2023:3333-1"],"details":"A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux","events":[{"introduced":"c5eb0a61238dd6faf37f58c9ce61c9980aaffd7a"},{"last_affected":"c5eb0a61238dd6faf37f58c9ce61c9980aaffd7a"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.18-rc6"},{"last_affected":"Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.18-rc6"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}}],"versions":["Kernel version prior to Kernel 5.18-rc6","v5.18-rc6"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-3159.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3159.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3159"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"redhat","cwe_ids":["CWE-416"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3159.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}