UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3623

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3623

    Published: 20 Oct 2022Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-3623
    Aliases:
    USN-5793-1
    USN-5793-2
    USN-5793-3

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function follow_page_pte of the file mm/gup.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to race condition. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211921 was assigned to this vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3623, https://git.kernel.org/linus/fac35ba763ed07ba93154c95ffc0c4a55023707f, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=fac35ba763ed07ba93154c95ffc0c4a55023707f, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5793-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5851-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5860-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5876-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5877-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5917-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5934-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5939-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5940-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5951-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6000-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3623

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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