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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3389

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Racing a io_uring cancel poll request with a linked timeout can cause a UAF in a hrtimer. We recommend upgrading past commit ef7dfac51d8ed961b742218f526bd589f3900a59 (4716c73b188566865bdd79c3a6709696a224ac04 for 5.10 stable and 0e388fce7aec40992eadee654193cad345d62663 for 5.15 stable).

Products
linux
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.0.2-1
CVEs
CVE-2023-3389
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 15:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3389

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Jun 2023, 20:15 UTC

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Racing a io_uring cancel poll request with a linked timeout can cause a UAF in a hrtimer. We recommend upgrading past commit ef7dfac51d8ed961b742218f526bd589f3900a59 (4716c73b188566865bdd79c3a6709696a224ac04 for 5.10 stable and 0e388fce7aec40992eadee654193cad345d62663 for 5.15 stable).

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3389

linux

Fixed versions: 6.0.2-1

linux

Fixed versions: 6.0.2-1

linux

Fixed versions: 6.0.2-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:15.051326949Z",
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