CVE-2023-3269
Distros-[dirtyvma] privilege escalation via non-rcu-protected vma traversal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jul 11, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 15, 2023
Description
A vulnerability exists in the memory management subsystem of the Linux kernel. The lock handling for accessing and updating virtual memory areas (VMAs) is incorrect, leading to use-after-free problems. This issue can be successfully exploited to execute arbitrary kernel code, escalate containers, and gain root privileges.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
FedoraFedora |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3269vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2215268issue-tracking
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/05/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6AAA64CUPSMBW6XDTXPQJ3KQWYQ4K7L/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/25/4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230908-0001/
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