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CVE-2023-1583

Published: Mar 24, 2023

Modified: Feb 20, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

A NULL pointer dereference was found in io_file_bitmap_get in io_uring/filetable.c in the io_uring sub-component in the Linux Kernel. When fixed files are unregistered, some context information (file_alloc_{start,end} and alloc_hint) is not cleared. A subsequent request that has auto index selection enabled via IORING_FILE_INDEX_ALLOC can cause a NULL pointer dereference. An unprivileged user can use the flaw to cause a system crash.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Linux kernel	affected `affected kernel 5.19, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3`

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References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?h=io_uring-6.3&id=761efd55a0227aca3a69deacdaa112fffd44fe37

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=02a4d923e4400a36d340ea12d8058f69ebf3a383

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