Local privilege escalation via RxRPC bundle use-after-free
Published Apr 24, 2023 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
An RxRPC race in affected Linux Kernel releases allows local users to execute code with kernel privileges through connection-bundle handling. In net/rxrpc/conn_client.c, rxrpc_unbundle_conn can destroy a bundle after rxrpc_look_up_bundle retrieves it but before a new connection attaches, leaving a use-after-free window. Exploitation requires low-privileged local code execution and successful timing of the race; the resulting code runs in the kernel context.
Summary
What happened
An RxRPC race in affected Linux Kernel releases allows local users to execute code with kernel privileges through connection-bundle handling. In net/rxrpc/conn_client.c, rxrpc_unbundle_conn can destroy a bundle after rxrpc_look_up_bundle retrieves it but before a new connection attaches, leaving a use-after-free window. Exploitation requires low-privileged local code execution and successful timing of the race; the resulting code runs in the kernel context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2006
- Published
- Apr 24, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 24, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Fixed in kernel v6.1-rc7
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