CVE-2023-1829
Public on 2023-04-12
Modified on 2024-03-28
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.
We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.
We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2023-03-17 | ALAS-2023-1701 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2023-03-17 | ALAS2-2023-1987 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra | kernel | 2023-03-17 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-028 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra | kernel | 2023-03-17 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra | kernel | 2023-03-17 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-043 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | kernel | 2023-03-20 | ALAS2023-2023-138 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |