There is a logic error in io_uring's implementation which can be used to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability leading to privilege escalation. In the io_prep_async_work function the assumption that the last io_grab_identity call cannot return false is not true, and in this case the function will use the init_cred or the previous linked requests identity to do operations instead of using the current identity. This can lead to reference counting issues causing use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past version 5.10.161.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published: 2023-01-30T13:17:09.182Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:43.942Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T13:04:00.937Z

Link: CVE-2023-0240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-31T20:13:40.095Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T14:15:10.403

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:59:55.420

Link: CVE-2023-0240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-0240 - Bugzilla