CVE-2023-53747

Public on 2025-12-08
Modified on 2025-12-10
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2023-11-01 ALAS2-2023-2328 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2023-06-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-034 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-06-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-021 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2023-06-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-047 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-06-27 ALAS2023-2023-228 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.12 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H