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CVE-2023-49937

Double Free

Published: Dec 14, 2023 | Modified: Nov 04, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49937
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. Because of a double free, attackers can cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The fixed versions are 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SlurmSchedmd22.05 (including)22.05.12 (excluding)
SlurmSchedmd23.02 (including)23.02.7 (excluding)
SlurmSchedmd23.11 (including)23.11 (including)
SlurmSchedmd23.11-rc1 (including)23.11-rc1 (including)
Slurm-llnlUbuntubionic*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Slurm-llnlUbuntufocal*
Slurm-llnlUbuntutrusty*
Slurm-llnlUbuntutrusty/esm*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuxenial*
Slurm-wlmUbuntubionic*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
Slurm-wlmUbuntujammy*
Slurm-wlmUbuntulunar*
Slurm-wlmUbuntumantic*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuoracular*
Slurm-wlmUbuntutrusty*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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