Out-of-bounds Write Affecting python3-perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.24.1.el8_9
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- published 6 Apr 2024
- disclosed 19 Dec 2023
Introduced: 19 Dec 2023
CVE-2023-6931 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python3-perf to version 0:4.18.0-513.24.1.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:1607.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-perf package and not the python3-perf package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group().
We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6931
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b
- https://kernel.dance/382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html