Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's af_unix component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The unix_stream_sendpage() function tries to add data to the last skb in the peer's recv queue without locking the queue. Thus there is a race where unix_stream_sendpage() could access an skb locklessly that is being released by garbage collection, resulting in use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit 790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c.
Exploits (1)
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://kernel.dance/790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-6.1.y&id=790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.4%
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 (3)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
12.0
linux/linux_kernel
4.2 - 6.1.47
Published
Sep 06, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026