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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-5178"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-11-01T16:32:20.350Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-14T21:54:13.573Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-5178"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-5178.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5178"
title: "Kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in nvme"
summary: "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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