CVE-2023-5717 (GCVE-0-2023-5717)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-25 12:55 – Updated: 2026-02-25 17:20
VLAI
Title
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component
Summary
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Kernel Affected: 4.4 , < 6.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-10-19 08:09
Credits
Budimir Markovic
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