CVE-2023-4194

NameCVE-2023-4194
DescriptionA flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP functionality. This issue could allow a local user to bypass network filters and gain unauthorized access to some resources. The original patches fixing CVE-2023-1076 are incorrect or incomplete. The problem is that the following upstream commits - a096ccca6e50 ("tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid"), - 66b2c338adce ("tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid"), pass "inode->i_uid" to sock_init_data_uid() as the last parameter and that turns out to not be accurate.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3623-1, DSA-5480-1, DSA-5492-1, ELA-991-1

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)4.19.316-1vulnerable
bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.106-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.10.11-1fixed
sid6.11.2-1fixed
linux-5.10 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.10.218-1~deb8u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch5.10.218-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)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
linuxsourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.191-1DSA-5480-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.52-1DSA-5492-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.4.11-1
linux-5.10sourcejessie5.10.197-1~deb8u1ELA-991-1
linux-5.10sourcestretch5.10.197-1~deb9u1ELA-991-1
linux-5.10sourcebuster5.10.197-1~deb10u1DLA-3623-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/9bc3047374d5bec163e83e743709e23753376f0c (6.5-rc5)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/5c9241f3ceab3257abe2923a59950db0dc8bb737 (6.5-rc5)

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