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CVE-2023-2236

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escala

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Both io_install_fixed_file and its callers call fput in a file in case of an error, causing a reference underflow which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit 9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00035
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

2

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve-coordination@google.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD01 May 2023 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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