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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2023-33203 EUVD-2023-37373GHSA-jh2m-9m55-5q8v

The Linux kernel before 6.2.9 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free in drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c if a physicall…

Published May 18, 2023 · Updated May 5, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

The Linux kernel before 6.2.9 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free in drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac.c if a physically proximate attacker unplugs an emac based device.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.25-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.25-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.25-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1022.24 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-79.86 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1042.47 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1045.52 USN-6332-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1044.51.1 USN-6332-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1039.47 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1039.44 USN-6311-1, USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1025.30 USN-6311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1035.38 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1037.42 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-79.88 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1030.30 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1016.16 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1002.2 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.1 6.1.0-1009.9 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1040.46 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-156.173 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1107.115 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1041.46~20.04.1 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1114.120 USN-6331-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1 USN-6332-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1043.50~20.04.1.1 USN-6347-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1068.74 USN-6314-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1110.119 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1039.47~20.04.1 USN-6311-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke 5.4.0-1105.112 USN-6312-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke-5.15 5.15.0-1039.44~20.04.1 USN-6311-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1074.78 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1025.30~20.04.1 USN-6311-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-79.86~20.04.2 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1054.59 USN-6314-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1037.42~20.04.1 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1019.20 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1096.102 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-79.88~20.04.1 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1016.16~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1106.115 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 USN-6300-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1091.102 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv +24 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1038.42~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1027.31 USN-6301-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1036.38 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1043.48 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1107.115+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1113.119+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1082.91 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1110.119+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1107.115~18.04.1 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1113.119~18.04.1 USN-6337-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1110.119~18.04.1 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-156.173~18.04.1 USN-6301-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1054.59~18.04.1 USN-6312-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1106.115~18.04.1 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1091.102~18.04.1 USN-6284-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 8 kernel-rt +12 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9 RHSA-2023:6901
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 RHSA-2023:7077
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhev Hypervisor 4 perf +2 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:0412
RHEL 8.8 EUS perf +26 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8 RHSA-2024:0575
RHEL 8.6 EUS perf +26 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:0412

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 perf +24 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 ALSA-2023:7077

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.313-235.533 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2027
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.313-235.533.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2027

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.112.1-2 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 ELSA-2023-6583
Oracle Linux 9 rv +25 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 ELSA-2023-6583
Oracle Linux 8 perf +19 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 ELSA-2023-7077

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