Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-52895

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/poll: don't reissue in case of poll race on multishot request A previous commit fixed a poll race that can occur, but it's only applicable for multishot requests. For a multishot request, we can safely ignore a spurious wakeup, as we never leave the waitqueue to begin with. A blunt reissue of a multishot armed request can cause us to leak a buffer, if they are ring provided. While this seems like a bug in itself, it's not really defined behavior to reissue a multishot request directly. It's less efficient to do so as well, and not required to rearm anything like it is for singleshot poll requests.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions c06015ebc4367be38904b88582e13cc079672075, 6e5aedb9324aab1c14a23fae3d8eeb64a679c20e, 6.1.7
  • Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52895?
CVE-2023-52895 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-52895?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.