CVE-2023-4622

2023-09-0614:15:12

CWE-416

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web.nvd.nist.gov

474

linux

kernel

af_unix

vulnerability

local privilege escalation

cve-2023-4622

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s af_unix component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

The unix_stream_sendpage() function tries to add data to the last skb in the peer’s recv queue without locking the queue. Thus there is a race where unix_stream_sendpage() could access an skb locklessly that is being released by garbage collection, resulting in use-after-free.

We recommend upgrading past commit 790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.2–6.1.47

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Kernel",
    "packageName": "kernel",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.2",
        "lessThan": "6.1.47",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]