Local privilege escalation via nonconsecutive page coalescing
Published Jun 1, 2023 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Out-of-bounds physical-memory access in Linux Kernel 6.3-rc1 through 6.3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges. io_sqe_buffer_register treats repeated mappings of one physical page as a contiguous folio because it compares folio identity without verifying page sequence, then records the user-supplied virtual length in one bio_vec. A low-privileged local process can register the crafted fixed buffer and obtain out-of-bounds reads and writes across following physical pages, enabling root takeover.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds physical-memory access in Linux Kernel 6.3-rc1 through 6.3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges. io_sqe_buffer_register treats repeated mappings of one physical page as a contiguous folio because it compares folio identity without verifying page sequence, then records the user-supplied virtual length in one bio_vec. A low-privileged local process can register the crafted fixed buffer and obtain out-of-bounds reads and writes across following physical pages, enabling root takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2598
- Published
- Jun 1, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 1, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=Kernel prior to 6.4-rc1
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Public exploit references
- io_uring_LPE-CVE-2023-2598functional · demonstrated
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