vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-0461: ELSA-2023-2458: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/23/2023
Added
07/22/2024
Modified
12/06/2024

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
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TLS protocol functionality in how a user installs a tls context (struct tls_context) on a connected TCP socket. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
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