vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-46813): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Added
Dec 6, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.

Solutions

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References

    Title
    Rapid7 Labs

    2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

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