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GHSA-hwwj-xrc2-6hxg

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

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.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-hwwj-xrc2-6hxg
Published
July 6, 2023 7:24 PM
Last Modified
April 4, 2024 5:38 AM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 14, 2025 6:24 AM

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