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CVE-2023-1295: Privilege escalation with IO_RING_OP_CLOSE in the Linux Kernel
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-367
Description
A time-of-check to time-of-use issue exists in io_uring subsystem's IORING_OP_CLOSE operation in the Linux kernel's versions 5.6 - 5.11 (inclusive), which allows a local user to elevate their privileges to root. Introduced in b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb, patched in 9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2, backported to stable in 788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: from 5.6 before 5.10.162; from 5.11 before 5.11.6 — fixed in 5.10.162, 5.11.6
- NetApp H300S: all versions
- NetApp H410C: all versions
- NetApp H410S: all versions
- NetApp H500S: all versions
- NetApp H700S: all versions
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.162, 5.11.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb
- https://kernel.dance/788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93
- https://kernel.dance/9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0006/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb
- https://kernel.dance/788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93
- https://kernel.dance/9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0006/
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