CVE-2023-1872

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.7-5.16 - Use-After-Free in io_uring Fixed File Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The io_file_get_fixed function lacks the presence of ctx->uring_lock which can lead to a Use-After-Free vulnerability due a race condition with fixed files getting unregistered. We recommend upgrading past commit da24142b1ef9fd5d36b76e36bab328a5b27523e8.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linux/linux_kernel 5.7 - 5.17
Published Apr 12, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026