CVE-2023-23586

linux: Due to a vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem, it is possible to leak kernel memory information to the user proces...

CVE-2023-23586 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23586, released February 17, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0027
18th percentile

Due to a vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem, it is possible to leak kernel memory information to the user process. timens_install calls current_is_single_threaded to determine if the current process is single-threaded, but this call does not consider io_uring's io_worker threads, thus it is possible to insert a time namespace's vvar page to process's memory space via a page fault. When this time namespace is destroyed, the vvar page is also freed, but not removed from the process' memory, and a next page allocated by the kernel will be still available from the user-space process and can leak memory contents via this (read-only) use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past version 5.10.161 or commit  788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/io_uring

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.14.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23586 Feb 17, 2023
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.14.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23586 Feb 17, 2023
linux · Debian 14 5.14.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23586 Feb 17, 2023

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