Improper Privilege Management Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6214595
- published 31 Jan 2024
- disclosed 27 Oct 2023
Introduced: 27 Oct 2023
CVE-2023-46813 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0575.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46813
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212649
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5.9
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=63e44bc52047f182601e7817da969a105aa1f721
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a37cd2a59d0cb270b1bba568fd3a3b8668b9d3ba
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9cb9c45583b911e0db71d09caa6b56469eb2bdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html