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CVE-2023-0458

MEDIUM

5.3

Description

A speculative pointer dereference problem exists in the Linux Kernel on the do_prlimit() function. The resource argument value is controlled and is used in pointer arithmetic for the 'rlim' variable and can be used to leak the contents. We recommend upgrading past version 6.1.8 or commit 739790605705ddcf18f21782b9c99ad7d53a8c11

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/26/2023

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxlinux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476CWE-476

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/diff/kernel/sys.c?id=v6.1.8&id2=v6.1.7(cve-coordination@google.com)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/739790605705ddcf18f21782b9c99ad7d53a8c11(cve-coordination@google.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html(cve-coordination@google.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html(cve-coordination@google.com)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/diff/kernel/sys.c?id=v6.1.8&id2=v6.1.7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/739790605705ddcf18f21782b9c99ad7d53a8c11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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