A AegiFlow
HIGHCVSS 7.8

CVE-2023-2235

CVE-2023-2235 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-08-09
Sources
nvd

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings' attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2.

References

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