Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-32264.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-32264
Upstream
Published
2023-12-19T14:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:11:00.599382Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2023-6931 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.143.1-1
Details

A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

A perfevent's readsize can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perfreadgroup().

We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.143.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-32264.json"