CVE-2023-3269 — Distros-[dirtyvma] privilege escalation via non-rcu-protected vma traversal
A vulnerability exists in the memory management subsystem of the Linux kernel. The lock handling for accessing and updating virtual memory areas (VMAs) is incorrect, leading to …
Published: 2023-07-11 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
A vulnerability exists in the memory management subsystem of the Linux kernel. The lock handling for accessing and updating virtual memory areas (VMAs) is incorrect, leading to use-after-free problems. This issue can be successfully exploited to execute arbitrary kernel code, escalate containers, and gain root privileges.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7