CVE-2023-1583

medium

Description

A NULL pointer dereference was found in io_file_bitmap_get in io_uring/filetable.c in the io_uring sub-component in the Linux Kernel. When fixed files are unregistered, some context information (file_alloc_{start,end} and alloc_hint) is not cleared. A subsequent request that has auto index selection enabled via IORING_FILE_INDEX_ALLOC can cause a NULL pointer dereference. An unprivileged user can use the flaw to cause a system crash.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?h=io_uring-6.3&id=761efd55a0227aca3a69deacdaa112fffd44fe37

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=02a4d923e4400a36d340ea12d8058f69ebf3a383

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-24

Updated: 2023-08-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium