FKIE_CVE-2023-3269

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-07-11 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:13
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/28/1Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/25/1Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/25/4Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3269Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215268Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6AAA64CUPSMBW6XDTXPQJ3KQWYQ4K7L/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230908-0001/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/05/1Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/28/1Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/25/1Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/25/4Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3269Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215268Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6AAA64CUPSMBW6XDTXPQJ3KQWYQ4K7L/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230908-0001/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/05/1Mailing List
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
linux linux_kernel 6.4
fedoraproject fedora 37
fedoraproject fedora 38
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
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