CVE-2023-2008

high

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's udmabuf device driver. The specific flaw exists within a fault handler. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an array. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-441/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0007/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05b252cccb2e5c3f56119d25de684b4f810ba4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2186862

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-04-14

Updated: 2023-07-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High