CVE-2023-3269 Information

Description

A vulnerability exists in the memory management subsystem of the Linux kernel. The lock handling for accessing and updating virtual memory areas (VMAs) is incorrect leading to use-after-free problems. This issue can be successfully exploited to execute arbitrary kernel code escalate containers and gain root privileges.

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3269 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215268 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/05/1 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6AAA64CUPSMBW6XDTXPQJ3KQWYQ4K7L/