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CVE-2023-0240

Use after free in io_uring in the Linux Kernel

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-416
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
30 Jan 2023Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
There is a logic error in io_uring's implementation which can be used to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability leading to privilege escalation. In the io_prep_async_work function the assumption that the last io_grab_identity call cannot return false is not true, and in this case the function will use the init_cred or the previous linked requests identity to do operations instead of using the current identity. This can lead to reference counting issues causing use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past version 5.10.161.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux Kernel