High [CVE-2023-6546] gsm multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2023-6546 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service.
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Summary
A race condition was found in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when two threads execute the GSMIOC_SETCONF ioctl on the same tty file descriptor with the gsm line discipline enabled, and can lead to a use-after-free problem on a struct gsm_dlci while restarting the gsm mux.
This could allow a local unprivileged user to escalate their privileges on the system.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service; and 8 more.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support; and 3 more.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; RHOL-5.7-RHEL-8.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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