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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46813

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46813 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux0
Debian:12linux0, 6.1.27-1, 6.1.37-1
Debian:13linux0

Timeline

  • Oct 27, 2023 CVE Published
  • Oct 26, 2026 CVE Updated
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