{"cve":"CVE-2023-2236","nvd":{"published":"2023-05-01T13:15:44.850","modified":"2026-06-17T05:52:04.140","status":"Modified","description":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.\n\nBoth io_install_fixed_file and its callers call fput in a file in case of an error, causing a reference underflow which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability.\n\nWe recommend upgrading past commit 9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4","https://kernel.dance/9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230601-0010/","https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4","https://kernel.dance/9d94c04c0db024922e886c9fd429659f22f48ea4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel","netapp:hci_baseboard_management_controller"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:05.473481323+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-2236","score":0.00428,"percentile":0.37052,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}