CVE-2023-1077 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel pick_next_rt_entity() may return a type confused entry not detected by the BUG_ON condition as the confused entry will not be NULL but list_head.The buggy error condition would lead to a type confused entry with the list headwhich would then be used as a type confused sched_rt_entitycausing memory corruption.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7c4a5b89a0b5a57a64b601775b296abf77a9fe97

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