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high7.8

CVE-2023-3389

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

Impact

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Racing a io_uring cancel poll request with a linked timeout can cause a UAF in a hrtimer. We recommend upgrading past commit ef7dfac51d8ed961b742218f526bd589f3900a59 (4716c73b188566865bdd79c3a6709696a224ac04 for 5.10 stable and 0e388fce7aec40992eadee654193cad345d62663 for 5.15 stable).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.10.162 before 5.10.185
from 5.13 before 6.4
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 10.0, 11.0

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