CVE-2023-46813 Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt package, versions <8-150500.2.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELLIVEPATCH51421150500135RT-6501676
  • published27 Mar 2024
  • disclosed26 Mar 2024

Introduced: 26 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-46813  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt to version 8-150500.2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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.

CVSS Scores

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