ghsa-hwwj-xrc2-6hxg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-07-06 19:24
Modified
2024-04-04 05:38
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings' attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer causing a use-after-free vulnerability.

We recommend upgrading past commit fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-2235"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-05-01T13:15:44Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.\n\nThe perf_group_detach function did not check the event\u0027s siblings\u0027 attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but\u00a0remove_on_exec made it possible to call list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer causing a use-after-free vulnerability.\n\nWe recommend upgrading past commit fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2.\n\n",
  "id": "GHSA-hwwj-xrc2-6hxg",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T05:38:32Z",
  "published": "2023-07-06T19:24:19Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2235"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kernel.dance/fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}


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