UEK RDS setsockopt nonreentrant leads to kernel crash (CVE-2023-22024)
CVE-2023-22024 Published on September 20, 2023
In the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK), the RDS module in UEK has two setsockopt(2) options, RDS_CONN_RESET and RDS6_CONN_RESET, that are not re-entrant. A malicious local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN can use this to crash the kernel. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-22024 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-22024
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Affected Versions
Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux:- Version Oracle Linux: 6 is affected.
- Version Oracle Linux: 7 is affected.
- Version Oracle Linux: 8 is affected.
- Version Oracle Linux: 9 is affected.
- Version Oracle VM: 3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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