7.0
High
CVE-2023-4611 A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue is caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault, and may allow a local attacker to crash the system or lead to a kernel information leak.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel 6.5 | earliest → < 6.5-rc4 | 6.5-rc4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Fedora | Versions not published |
References
- access.redhat.com access.redhat.com
- RHBZ#2227244 bugzilla.redhat.com
- www.spinics.net www.spinics.net
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