CVE-2023-1829

NameCVE-2023-1829
DescriptionA use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root. We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3403-1, DLA-3404-1, ELA-845-1, ELA-847-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.16.84-1vulnerable
stretch (security)4.9.320-2vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch4.9.320-3vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.19.316-1fixed
bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.11.5-1fixed
sid6.11.7-1fixed
linux-4.19 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.19.316-1~deb8u1fixed
stretch (security)4.19.232-1~deb9u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch4.19.316-1~deb9u1fixed
linux-5.10 (PTS)stretch (lts), stretch5.10.226-1~deb9u1fixed
buster, buster (lts)5.10.226-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.10.218-1~deb10u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
linuxsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
linuxsourcebuster4.19.282-1DLA-3403-1
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.178-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.1.20-1
linux-4.19sourcejessie4.19.282-1~deb8u1ELA-847-1
linux-4.19sourcestretch4.19.282-1~deb9u1ELA-847-1
linux-5.10sourcestretch5.10.178-3~deb9u1ELA-845-1
linux-5.10sourcebuster5.10.178-3~deb10u1DLA-3404-1

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/3
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-898/
https://git.kernel.org/linus/8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28 (6.3-rc1)

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