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CVE-2023-0266

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Date: January 30, 2023

A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_{READ|WRITE}32 is missing locks that can be used in a use-after-free that can result in a priviledge escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user. We recommend upgrading past commit 56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e

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Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0266
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/becf9e5d553c2389d857a3c178ce80fdb34a02e1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0266
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0266
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-5.10/alsa-pcm-move-rwsem-lock-inside-snd_ctl_elem_read-to-prevent-uaf.patch?id=72783cf35e6c55bca84c4bb7b776c58152856fd4
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-0266
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-0266

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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