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CVE-2023-46813

2023-10-2700:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
16
linux kernel
security vulnerability
privilege escalation
race condition
mmio registers

CVSS3

7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by
local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access
checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES
emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel
memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition
through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler
reads it.

Bugs

References

CVSS3

7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%