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CVE-2023-2235

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Published: May 1, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings' attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2.

Affected (3)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
From 5.13 to 5.15.104
From 5.16 to 6.1.21
From 6.2 to 6.2.8

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