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CVE-2023-1077
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-03-27 · updated 2026-10-14
- Weakness: CWE-843
Description
In the Linux kernel, pick_next_rt_entity() may return a type confused entry, not detected by the BUG_ON condition, as the confused entry will not be NULL, but list_head.The buggy error condition would lead to a type confused entry with the list head,which would then be used as a type confused sched_rt_entity,causing memory corruption.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- Linux kernel: from 2.6.25 before 4.19.293; from 4.20 before 5.4.235; from 5.5 before 5.10.173; from 5.11 before 5.15.99; from 5.16 before 6.1.16; from 6.2 before 6.2.3 — fixed in 4.19.293, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 5.4.235, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
- NetApp 8300 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp 8700 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp A400 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp A700S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp C400 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.293, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 5.4.235. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7c4a5b89a0b5a57a64b601775b296abf77a9fe97
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0002/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7c4a5b89a0b5a57a64b601775b296abf77a9fe97
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0002/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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