High severity · published Dec 19, 2023
CVE-2023-6931
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel's Performance Events system component
7.0
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group().
We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.3.0 before 4.19.302; 4.20.0 before 5.4.264; 5.5.0 before 5.10.204; 5.11.0 before 5.15.143; 5.16.0 before 6.1.68; 6.2.0 before 6.6.7 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1; before V1.1.1 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6931
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6931
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b
Patch
https://kernel.dance/382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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