A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation.
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html cve-icon
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History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1341

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1341

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:45:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-11-01T16:32:20.350Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T21:54:13.573Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T16:38:10.637Z

Link: CVE-2023-5178

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-01T17:15:11.920

Modified: 2026-10-14T22:17:19.140

Link: CVE-2023-5178

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-10-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5178 - Bugzilla