Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2023 · Assigned by Google
CVE-2023-0461Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in Linux Kernel from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. To reach the vulnerability kernel configuration flag CONFIG_TLS or CONFIG_XFRM_ESPINTCP has to be configured, but the operation does not require any privilege. There is a use-after-free bug of icsk_ulp_data of a struct inet_connection_sock. When CONFIG_TLS is enabled, user can install a tls context (struct tls_context) on a connected tcp socket. The context is not cleared if this socket is disconnected and reused as a listener. If a new socket is created from the listener, the context is inherited and vulnerable. The setsockopt TCP_ULP operation does not require any privilege. We recommend upgrading past commit 2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | bpftool | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | bpftool | 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-devel-matched | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-core | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-cross-headers | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-cross-headers | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-core | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-devel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-devel-matched | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-uki-virt | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-devel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-devel-matched | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-doc | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-doc | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules-extra | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-core | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-core | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-kvm | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-kvm | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-modules | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-devel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-kvm | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-kvm | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-modules | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-modules-extra | 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2736 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2148 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-tools | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-tools-libs | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-uki-virt | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-core | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | perf | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | perf | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | python3-perf | 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | ALSA-2023:2951 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | python3-perf | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | rtla | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2458 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.1.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.1.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-67.74 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-67.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1031.35 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1031.35 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1034.41 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1034.41 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | 5.19.0-1021.22~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1034.41.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1034.41.1 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1030.37 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1030.37 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1028.33 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1028.33 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1016.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1016.21 | USN-5938-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1 | USN-5911-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1026.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1026.29 | USN-5935-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1026.31 | USN-5962-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1026.31 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1029.34 | USN-5941-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1029.34 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-67.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-67.74 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | 5.19.0-1018.19~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1023.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 5.17.0-1029.30 | USN-5976-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 5.17.0-1028.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | 5.17.0-1028.29 | USN-5913-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | 6.0.0-1012.12 | USN-5914-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | 6.0.0-1012.12 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | 6.1.0-1007.7 | USN-5915-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | 6.1.0-1007.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1030.36 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1030.36 | USN-5912-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1025.27 | USN-5935-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1025.27 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0461 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 0 – before 2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://kernel.dance/#2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0006/