CVE-2023-21400
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.7 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jul 13, 2023
Updated: Jan 19, 2024
CWE ID 667
Summary
CVE-2023-21400 is a newly disclosed kernel memory corruption vulnerability affecting multiple functions in io_uring.c. This issue arises due to improper locking, resulting in potential kernel memory corruption. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve local privilege escalation, gaining System execution privileges without requiring user interaction.
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Affected Products
- Debian
Affected Vendors
- Debian
Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations
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