Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Description

Linux kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

• 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0266

Additional Information

Catalog Version

2025.01.24

Catalog Released

Jan. 24, 2025

Days Until Due

0 days

Last Updated

4 months, 2 weeks ago