| Name | CVE-2023-6931 |
| Description | A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group(). We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3710-1, DLA-3711-1, DSA-5593-1, DSA-5594-1, ELA-1033-1, ELA-1034-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed | |
| linux-4.19 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.19.316-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.19.232-1~deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.19.316-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.10.226-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 5.10.218-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | buster | 4.19.304-1 | DLA-3710-1 | ||
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.205-2 | DSA-5594-1 | ||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.69-1 | DSA-5593-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.6.8-1 | |||
| linux-4.19 | source | jessie | 4.19.304-1~deb8u1 | ELA-1034-1 | ||
| linux-4.19 | source | stretch | 4.19.304-1~deb9u1 | ELA-1034-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | jessie | 5.10.205-2~deb8u1 | ELA-1033-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | stretch | 5.10.205-2~deb9u1 | ELA-1033-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | buster | 5.10.205-2~deb10u1 | DLA-3711-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b (6.7-rc5)