Bug 2253249 (CVE-2023-6560) - CVE-2023-6560 kernel: io_uring out of boundary memory access in __io_uaddr_map()
Summary: CVE-2023-6560 kernel: io_uring out of boundary memory access in __io_uaddr_map()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-6560
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2253251
Blocks: 2253176
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Reported: 2023-12-06 15:53 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2024-02-28 06:19 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.7-rc5
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Description Alex 2023-12-06 15:53:46 UTC 
A flaw in the Linux Kernel found. For the io_uring SQ/CQ rings, out of boundaries memory access could happen as result of incorrect behavior in function __io_uaddr_map for the case of not physically contiguous memory.

Reference:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/io-uring/patch/20231130194633.649319-2-axboe@kernel.dk/
Comment 1 Alex 2023-12-06 15:54:11 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2253251]
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