DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0240

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.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0240

Affected packages

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.14.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0240.json"

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.14.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0240.json"

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.14.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0240.json"