use-after-free in IPv4 IGMP
CVE: CVE-2023-6932
Component: kernel
CWE: CWE-416
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 7.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Release date: 2023-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

A race condition has been discovered in the Linux kernel's Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) implementation. This vulnerability may enable an attacker to provoke an application crash or potentially escalate privileges locally. By exploiting the race condition, an adversary could disrupt the normal operation of affected systems, leading to service disruption or, in the worst case, unauthorized access to sensitive resources.

Statement: This vulnerability poses a moderate severity risk due to its potential to trigger a use-after-free issue when processing IGMPv2 query packets under specific conditions. An attacker could exploit this flaw by continuously sending crafted IGMPv2 query packets to a vulnerable system, causing a reference count underflow in the multicast group list management. Subsequently, this could lead to a use-after-free scenario, potentially resulting in a denial-of-service condition or other adverse effects. While exploitation requires specific configurations and continuous packet transmission, the impact could be significant, warranting attention and remediation to prevent potential exploitation and system instability.

Remediation:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.