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CVE-2023-3567 — A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen

A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in vc_screen in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker with local user access to cause a system crash or leak internal kernel information.

CVSS
7.1 HIGH
EPSS
1.00% (top 30.00%)
CWE
CWE-416
Published
2023-07-24T15:19:19.795Z
Last modified
2025-11-06T19:46:34.822Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in vc_screen in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker with local user access to cause a system crash or leak internal kernel information.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-553.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support0:5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2
Red HatRed Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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