CVE-2023-5717

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5717DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5717
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 65
Modified
Published: 25 Oct 2023, 12:55
Last modified:25 Feb 2026, 17:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.85% LOW
1% probability +0.62%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Oct 2023, 12:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
25 Feb 2026, 17:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.85%• Percentile: 57%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.205-2 | < 6.1.64-1 | < 6.5.10-1 | < 6.5.10-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 4.4.0-248.282 | < 4.15.0-220.231 | < 5.4.0-169.187 | < 5.15.0-91.101

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1125.131 | < 4.4.0-1163.178 | < 4.15.0-1163.176 | < 5.4.0-1116.126 | < 5.15.0-1051.56

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1051.56~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1116.126~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    < 6.2.0-1017.17~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    < 6.5.0-1011.11~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    < 4.15.0-2102.108 | all | < 5.4.0-1116.126+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe

    < 4.15.0-1163.176~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.15.0-1172.187~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1172.187~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1121.128 | < 5.15.0-1053.61

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1172.187

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1053.61~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1121.128~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    < 6.2.0-1018.18~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    < 6.5.0-1010.10~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | < 5.15.0-1053.61.1 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    < 4.15.0-2081.87 | all | < 5.4.0-1121.128+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.4.0-1076.82 | < 5.15.0-1033.35

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1095.102 | all | < 4.15.0-1118.129 | < 5.4.0-1090.100

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.15.0-1157.174~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1120.129 | < 5.15.0-1048.56

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1157.174

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1048.56~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1120.129~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    < 6.2.0-1021.23~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips

    < 4.15.0-2065.70 | all | < 5.4.0-1120.129+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all | < 5.15.0-1048.53

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    < 5.4.0-1083.87 | < 5.15.0-1034.40

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References (29)