vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2023-0461: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 28, 2023 | May 15, 2023 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Description
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. To reach the vulnerability kernel configuration flag CONFIG_TLS or CONFIG_XFRM_ESPINTCP has to be configured, but the operation does not require any privilege.
There is a use-after-free bug of icsk_ulp_data of a struct inet_connection_sock.
When CONFIG_TLS is enabled, user can install a tls context (struct tls_context) on a connected tcp socket. The context is not cleared if this socket is disconnected and reused as a listener. If a new socket is created from the listener, the context is inherited and vulnerable.
The setsockopt TCP_ULP operation does not require any privilege.
We recommend upgrading past commit 2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c
Solutions
References
- CVE-2023-0461
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-0461
- CWE-416
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-12515
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-2736.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-2951.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2148.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2458.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-12515
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