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A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM...

High severity Unreviewed Published Jan 30, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 12, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_{READ|WRITE}32 is missing locks that can be used in a use-after-free that can result in a priviledge escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user. We recommend upgrading past commit 56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 30, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 30, 2023
Last updated May 12, 2023

Severity

High
7.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-0266

GHSA ID

GHSA-h8jm-3c82-6vvq

Source code

No known source code

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