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CVE-2023-2163

Published: Sep 20, 2023

Modified: Feb 27, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

Incorrect verifier pruning in BPF in Linux Kernel >=5.4 leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux Kernel

unaffected
0 - < 5.4
affected
0 - < 71b547f561247897a0a14f3082730156c0533fed

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-682

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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