CVE-2023-46813

NameCVE-2023-46813
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3711-1, DSA-5594-1, ELA-1033-1

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)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.12.5-1fixed
sid6.12.6-1fixed
linux-5.10 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.10.226-1~deb8u1fixed
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
linuxsourcebuster(not affected)
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.205-2DSA-5594-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.64-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.5.10-1
linux-5.10sourcejessie5.10.205-2~deb8u1ELA-1033-1
linux-5.10sourcestretch5.10.205-2~deb9u1ELA-1033-1
linux-5.10sourcebuster5.10.205-2~deb10u1DLA-3711-1

Notes

[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/63e44bc52047f182601e7817da969a105aa1f721 (6.6-rc7)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9cb9c45583b911e0db71d09caa6b56469eb2bdf (6.6-rc7)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/a37cd2a59d0cb270b1bba568fd3a3b8668b9d3ba (6.6-rc7)

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