CVE-2023-4611

A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue is caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault, and may allow a local attacker to crash the system or lead to a kernel information leak.

CVSS v3 6.3 MEDIUM

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4611	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227244	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg310136.html	Mailing List Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2023-08-29 22:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:22

NVD link : CVE-2023-4611

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4611

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4611

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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