CVE-2023-0240

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0240
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-0240.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-0240
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
OESA (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Published
2023-01-30T13:17:09Z
Modified
2026-10-22T10:50:48Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Use after free in io_uring in the Linux Kernel
Details

There is a logic error in io_uring's implementation which can be used to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability leading to privilege escalation.

In the io_prep_async_work function the assumption that the last io_grab_identity call cannot return false is not true, and in this case the function will use the init_cred or the previous linked requests identity to do operations instead of using the current identity. This can lead to reference counting issues causing use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past version 5.10.161.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Google",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0240.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gregkh/linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gregkh/linux
Events
Introduced
2c85ebc57b3e1817b6ce1a6b703928e113a90442
Fixed
1e6fa5216a0e59ef02e8b6b40d553238a3b81d49
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "5.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "5.10.161"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StandardRange"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "1e6fa5216a0e59ef02e8b6b40d553238a3b81d49"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-0240.json"