CVE-2023-1855 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel APM X-Gene hardware-monitoring driver. A race condition in the xgene_hwmon_remove removal path can access driver resources after they have been freed. The flaw was fixed upstream in Linux kernel 6.3-rc3.
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Linux kernel X-Gene hardware-monitoring driver use-after-free in xgene_hwmon_remove.
Linux kernel X-Gene hardware-monitor driver use-after-free vulnerability.
Linux kernel use-after-free in xgene_hwmon_remove().
Linux kernel use-after-free vulnerability in xgene_hwmon_remove().
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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