CVE-2023-3269CWE-416

Distros-[dirtyvma] privilege escalation via non-rcu-protected vma traversal

High · published July 11, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01304 · 70.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2023-07-11T11:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUL 11:45Z
    Distros-[dirtyvma] privilege escalation via non-rcu-protected vma traversal
    cvelistv5