Improper Resource Locking Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.2-rc5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5803101
  • published23 Jul 2023
  • disclosed23 Jul 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-2430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-413  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.2-rc5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Locking due to a missing lock for IOPOLL flaw in io_cqring_event_overflow() in io_uring.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with user privilege to trigger a Denial of Service threat.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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