Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-4611 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue is caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault, and may allow a local attacker to crash the system or lead to a kernel information leak.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4611
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4611
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227244
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227244
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg310136.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg310136.html