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A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA (PC-card) Ethernet driver was found.A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.20-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-1670
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA (PC-card) Ethernet driver was found.A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1670
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.20-2
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.20-2
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.20-2
Complete source record
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