# CVE-2023-51782: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.6.8.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-25 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.6.8. rose_ioctl in net/rose/af_rose.c has a use-after-free because of a rose_accept race condition.

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## Related

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/810c38a369a0a0ce625b5c12169abce1dd9ccd53
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html

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