CVE-2023-5717
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-25 12:55
Modified
2024-08-02 08:07
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component
References
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/events?id=32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06Mailing List, Patch
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://kernel.dance/32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06Patch
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/events?id=32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kernel.dance/32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
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