Bug 2227244 (CVE-2023-4611)

Summary:	CVE-2023-4611 kernel: Use after free race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, bhu, chwhite, crwood, dbohanno, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dvlasenk, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rogbas, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, scweaver, security-response-team, tglozar, vkumar, walters, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ymankad
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Kernel 6.5-rc4	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	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.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2227250, 2227251
Bug Blocks:	2227245

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-07-28 13:44:36 UTC

A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This problem is caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault, where a local attacker may crash the system, this flaw could even lead to a kernel information leak threat.

Refer:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg310136.html