An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-27T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:53:21.700Z

Reserved: 2023-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-46813

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-27T03:15:08.270

Modified: 2024-01-11T21:15:10.350

Link: CVE-2023-46813

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-46813 - Bugzilla