CVE-2023-4622
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's af_unix component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The unix_stream_sendpage() function tries to add data to the last skb in the peer's recv queue without locking the queue. Thus there is a race where unix_stream_sendpage() could access an skb locklessly that is being released by garbage collection, resulting in use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit 790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c (or backported equivalents).
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - cve-coordination@google.com
- Published
- 2023-09-06
- Last modified
- 2026-09-17
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Affected products
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-6.1.y&id=790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f…
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4821df2ffe38d629170edc266e65fa05970e0745
- https://kernel.dance/790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
