Bug 2176035 (CVE-2023-1476)

Summary: CVE-2023-1476 kpatch: mm/mremap.c: incomplete fix for CVE-2022-41222
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Alex <allarkin>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: bhu, joe.lawrence, jpoimboe, kpatch-maint, rhandlin, rkeshri, ycote
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: Kernel 5.14-rc1 Doc Type: No Doc Update
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A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s mm/mremap memory address space accounting source code. This issue occurs due to a race condition between rmap walk and mremap, allowing a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
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Bug Depends On: 2176036, 2176037    
Bug Blocks: 2128683    

Description Alex 2023-03-07 08:44:38 UTC
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s mm/mremap memory address space accounting source code. This issue occurs due to a race condition between rmap walk and mremap, allowing a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Refer:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=97113eb39fa7972722ff490b947d8af023e1f6a2

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-05 14:05:53 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:1659 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1659

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-04-05 20:39:23 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-1476