UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6931

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6931

    Published: 19 Dec 2023Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-6931
    Aliases:
    USN-6602-1
    USN-6603-1
    USN-6604-1

    Summary:

    Details: A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group(). We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6931, https://git.kernel.org/linus/382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b, https://kernel.dance/382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6602-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6603-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6604-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6605-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6606-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6607-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6608-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6609-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6604-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6605-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6609-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6609-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6628-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6608-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6635-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6628-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6931

    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 -4.4.0-1127.133

    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
    4.4.0-1125.131

    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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