UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5717

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5717

    Published: 25 Oct 2023Last Modified: 5 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-5717
    Aliases:
    USN-6494-1
    USN-6494-2
    USN-6497-1

    Summary:

    Details: A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5717, https://kernel.dance/32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/events?id=32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06, https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/#u, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6494-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6497-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6494-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6532-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6536-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6537-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6573-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6635-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5717

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1125.131

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39
    4.4.0-1037.40
    4.4.0-1038.41
    4.4.0-1039.42
    4.4.0-1040.43
    4.4.0-1042.45
    4.4.0-1044.47
    4.4.0-1045.48
    4.4.0-1046.50
    4.4.0-1048.52
    4.4.0-1050.54
    4.4.0-1052.56
    4.4.0-1054.58
    4.4.0-1055.59
    4.4.0-1056.60
    4.4.0-1058.62
    4.4.0-1059.63
    4.4.0-1060.64
    4.4.0-1061.65
    4.4.0-1062.66
    4.4.0-1064.68
    4.4.0-1065.69
    4.4.0-1066.70
    4.4.0-1067.71
    4.4.0-1073.77
    4.4.0-1074.78
    4.4.0-1075.79
    4.4.0-1076.80
    4.4.0-1077.81
    4.4.0-1078.82
    4.4.0-1081.85
    4.4.0-1082.86
    4.4.0-1083.87
    4.4.0-1085.89
    4.4.0-1086.90
    4.4.0-1087.91
    4.4.0-1088.92
    4.4.0-1090.94
    4.4.0-1091.95
    4.4.0-1092.96
    4.4.0-1093.97
    4.4.0-1094.99
    4.4.0-1095.100
    4.4.0-1096.101
    4.4.0-1097.102
    4.4.0-1098.103
    4.4.0-1099.104
    4.4.0-1101.106
    4.4.0-1102.107
    4.4.0-1103.108
    4.4.0-1104.109
    4.4.0-1107.113
    4.4.0-1109.115
    4.4.0-1110.116
    4.4.0-1111.117
    4.4.0-1112.118
    4.4.0-1113.119
    4.4.0-1114.120
    4.4.0-1115.121
    4.4.0-1116.122
    4.4.0-1117.123
    4.4.0-1118.124
    4.4.0-1119.125
    4.4.0-1120.126
    4.4.0-1121.127
    4.4.0-1122.128
    4.4.0-1123.129
    4.4.0-1124.130

    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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