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CVE-2023-3269: Distros-[dirtyvma] privilege escalation via non-rcu-protected vma traversal

First published: Thu Jun 15 2023(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux Linux kernel>=6.1<6.1.37
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.3.11
Linux Linux kernel=6.4
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc6
Linux Linux kernel=6.4-rc7
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
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.106-3
6.1.112-1
6.11.4-1
6.11.5-1

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