# CVE-2023-32269: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.1.11.

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-05 · Updated: 2025-05-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.1.11. In net/netrom/af_netrom.c, there is a use-after-free because accept is also allowed for a successfully connected AF_NETROM socket. However, in order for an attacker to exploit this, the system must have netrom routing configured or the attacker must have the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

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## References

- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/611792920925fb088ddccbe2783c7f92fdfb6b64
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.11

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