Description
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.
Exploits (1)
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
48.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
6.6 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
3.2.95 - 3.3
Published
Oct 25, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026