CVE-2023-1295

Summary

A time-of-check to time-of-use issue exists in io_uring subsystem's IORING_OP_CLOSE operation in the Linux kernel's versions 5.6 - 5.11 (inclusive), which allows a local user to elevate their privileges to root. Introduced in b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb, patched in 9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2, backported to stable in 788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux Kernel5.6 <= 5.11affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-367: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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