CVE-2023-6931

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

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 perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group(). We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2023-6931

Assigner
Google

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2023-12-19T14:09:14.085Z

Last Modified Date
2023-12-19T14:09:14.085Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-787	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b	patch
https://kernel.dance/382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6931
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6931

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-06-25 06:06:49				Added to TrackCVE