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Red Hat: CVE-2023-2163: kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-2163: kernel: bpf: Incorrect verifier pruning leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/20/2023
Created
11/30/2023
Added
11/29/2023
Modified
05/22/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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