High
Security advisory
A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's RxRPC network protocol, within the processing of RxRPC bundles. This issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This may allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-2006
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 13:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's RxRPC network protocol, within the processing of RxRPC bundles. This issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. This may allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.
osv:CVE-2023-2006
Complete source record
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