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Debian: CVE-2023-4194: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-4194: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/07/2023
Created
08/21/2023
Added
08/21/2023
Modified
10/23/2023

Description

A 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

References

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