Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-0459 - Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel does not implement the __uaccess_begin_nospec allowing a user to bypass the "access_ok" check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(). This would allow an attacker to leak information. We recommend upgrading beyond commit 74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4b842e4e25b12951fa10dedb4bc16bc47e3b850c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4b842e4e25b12951fa10dedb4bc16bc47e3b850c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47