CVE-2023-2163

Summary

CVECVE-2023-2163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-20 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-15 15:48:00 UTC
DescriptionIncorrect verifier pruning in BPF in Linux Kernel >=5.4 leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-682

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.3 rc7 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161208 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-7549)
  • 199670 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6300-1)
  • 199764 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-6385-1)
  • 199784 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (BlueField) Vulnerabilities (USN-6397-1)
  • 242516 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2023:7549)
  • 242522 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:7554)
  • 242526 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:7548)
  • 242728 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2024:0378)
  • 242731 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2024:0376)
  • 242734 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2024:0381)
  • 242762 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0403)
  • 242769 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2024:0554)
  • 242785 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2024:0593)
  • 242789 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0575)
  • 242830 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:0563)
  • 242831 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0562)
  • 242845 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0448)
  • 242846 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:0439)
  • 242855 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:0412)
  • 242862 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:0402)
  • 243050 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2024:1250)
  • 243053 Red Hat Update for kernel live patch module (RHSA-2024:1253)
  • 243062 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:1306)
  • 673354 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2843)
  • 673496 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2860)
  • 755235 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4377-1)
  • 755238 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4378-1)
  • 755240 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4375-1)
  • 755249 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4414-1)
  • 755424 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 41 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2023:4835-1)
  • 755563 SUSE Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4351-1)
  • 755564 SUSE Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4348-1)
  • 755566 SUSE Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4345-1)
  • 755567 SUSE Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:4343-1)
  • 907363 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (29941-1)
  • 941482 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2023:7549)
  • 961087 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2023:7548)
  • 961089 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2023:7549)
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