SB2023082053 - Debian update for linux



SB2023082053 - Debian update for linux

Published: August 20, 2023 Updated: January 4, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2023082053
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 32
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 6% Low 94%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 32 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39189)

The vulnerability allows a guest user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of TLB flush operations in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED situations in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel. An attacker with unprivileged access to the guest OS can escalate privileges on the guest.


2) Deadlock (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4269)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the Linux kernel Traffic Control (TC) subsystem. A local user can use a specific network configuration (redirecting egress packets to ingress using TC action "mirred") to trigger a CPU soft lockup.


3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1206)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a hash collision flaw in the IPv6 connection lookup table in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 functionality when an attacker makes a new kind of SYN flood attack. A remote attacker can increase the CPU usage of the server that accepts IPV6 connections up to 95%.


4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1380)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Broadcom Full MAC Wi-Fi driver (brcmfmac.ko). A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of kernel memory on the system.


5) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2002)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permissions check in the Bluetooth subsystem when handling ioctl system calls of HCI sockets. A local user can acquire a trusted socket, leading to unauthorized execution of management commands.


6) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2007)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in dpt_i2o driver. A local privileged user can gain access to sensitive kernel information.


7) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20588)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error that can return speculative data. A local user can gain access to potentially sensitive information.


8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2124)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack..

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the XFS subsystem in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the kernel.


9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-21255)

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the binder_transaction_buffer_release() function in Binder subsystem in Android kernel. A local application can trigger a use-after-fee error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


10) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-21400)

The vulnerability allows a local application to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Kernel io_uring subcomponent in Kernel components. A local application can execute arbitrary code.


11) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2269)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack (DoS).

The vulnerability exists due to double-locking error in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


12) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2898)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the f2fs_write_end_io() function in fs/f2fs/data.c. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


13) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3090)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ipvlan network driver in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


14) Deadlock (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31084)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a deadlock in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c when a task is in !TASK_RUNNING. A local user can trigger a deadlock and crash the kernel.


15) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3111)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the prepare_to_relocate() function in fs/btrfs/relocation.c in btrfs in the Linux Kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


16) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3212)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


17) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3268)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the relay_file_read_start_pos() function in kernel/relay.c in the relayfs. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the kernel.


18) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3338)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the DECnet socket in net/decnet/dn_nsp_out.c. A local user can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


19) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3389)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem. A local user can exploit a race condition and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


20) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34319)

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in netback when processing certain packets. A malicious guest can send specially crafted packets to the backend, trigger memory corruption and crash the hypervisor.


21) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35788)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the fl_set_geneve_opt() function in net/sched/cls_flower.c in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


22) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3609)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the the Linux kernel net/sched: cls_u32 component. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


23) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3611)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the qfq_change_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c within the Linux kernel net/sched: sch_qfq component. A local user trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


24) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3776)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


25) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3863)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the nfc_llcp_find_local() function in net/nfc/llcp_core.c in NFC implementation in Linux kernel. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.



26) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4004)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the way a user triggers the nft_pipapo_remove function with the element, without a NFT_SET_EXT_KEY_END. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


27) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40283)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the l2cap_sock_release() function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


28) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4128)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within net/sched/cls_fw.c in classifiers (cls_fw, cls_u32, and cls_route) in the Linux Kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


29) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4132)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the siano smsusb module in the Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.


30) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4147)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in Netfilter functionality when adding a rule with NFTA_RULE_CHAIN_ID. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


31) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4194)

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in TUN/TAP functionality. A local user can bypass network filters and gain unauthorized access to some resources.

The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU72742 (CVE-2023-1076).


32) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4273)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the implementation of the file name reconstruction function in the exFAT driver in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a stack overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.