Security Advisory

CVE-2023-39198

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2023-11-09 19:15:47
Last updated 2026-03-24 11:28:17
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

A race condition was found in the QXL driver in the Linux kernel. The qxl_mode_dumb_create() function dereferences the qobj returned by the qxl_gem_object_create_with_handle(), but the handle is the only one holding a reference to it. This flaw allows an attacker to guess the returned handle value and trigger a use-after-free issue, potentially leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation.