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CVE-2023-0266

Published: 30 January 2023

A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_{READ|WRITE}32 is missing locks that can be used in a use-after-free that can result in a priviledge escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user. We recommend upgrading past commit 56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
the fix commit claims that the issues is only present in 5.13
and newer, but it's not clear why, from both the history of the
snd_ctl_elem_read() path and the compat path.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Pending

focal
Released (5.4.0-144.161)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-38.39)
trusty Not vulnerable
(3.11.0-12.19)
upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-2.16)
Patches:
Introduced by

becf9e5d553c2389d857a3c178ce80fdb34a02e1

Fixed by 56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e|local-CVE-2023-0266-fix
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal
Released (5.4.0-1097.105)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1022.23)
trusty Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1002.2)
upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.3)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.13)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.13)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.15)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.15)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.11)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.11)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1104.110)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1022.23)
trusty
Released (4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1)
upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1162.177)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.13)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.13)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.15)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.15)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.19
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.11)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.11)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-fde
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needs triage

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-fde-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1.1)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-bluefield
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-dell300x
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-fips
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(out of standard support)
upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(out of standard support)
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal
Released (5.4.0-1101.110)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1019.21)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.13)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.13)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.15)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.15)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.11)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.11)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal
Released (5.4.0-1095.102)
jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(reached end of standard support)
linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gke-5.3)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gke-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-gke-5.4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal
Released (5.4.0-1065.69)
jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(replaced by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
linux-hwe-5.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.13)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.13)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.15)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.15)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.19
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.11)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.11)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-ibm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal
Released (5.4.0-1045.50)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1019.21)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-ibm-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-intel-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-intel-iotg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-intel-iotg-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal
Released (5.4.0-1087.93)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1020.21)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
linux-lowlatency
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1021.22)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1)
upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-oem-5.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-oem-5.14)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-oem-5.14)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.14
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.17
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-6.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Needed

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-6.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy
Released (6.1.0-1007.7)
kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal
Released (5.4.0-1094.103)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1019.22)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(was needed ESM criteria)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.3)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.13)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.13)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Needed

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.11)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.11)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal
Released (5.4.0-1081.92)
jammy Needed

kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1015.22)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal Ignored
(replaced by linux-raspi)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-raspi-5.4)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-raspi2-5.4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-riscv-5.8)
jammy Ignored
(was needs-triage now end-of-life)
kinetic
Released (5.19.0-1015.16)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv-5.11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-riscv-5.13)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-riscv-5.13)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(superseded by linux-riscv-5.11)
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(superseded by linux-riscv-5.11)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.2~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H