CVE-2023-6200 (GCVE-0-2023-6200)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-28 12:19
Modified
2025-06-05 19:45
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CWE
- CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Summary
A race condition was found in the Linux Kernel. Under certain conditions, an unauthenticated attacker from an adjacent network could send an ICMPv6 router advertisement packet, causing arbitrary code execution.
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