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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0266 High

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0266

A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_{READ|WRITE}32 is missing locks that can be used in a use-after-free that can result in a priviledge escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user. We recommend upgrading past commit 56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 30, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

76 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

72 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

110 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

97 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

73 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

90 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

64 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

74 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

97 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

62 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

93 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

40 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS linux-bluefield

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-fips

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure

101 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

80 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-dell300x

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

73 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

124 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

27 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0266

A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_{READ|WRITE}32 is missing locks that can be used in a use-after-free that can result in a priviledge escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user. We recommend upgrading past commit 56b88b50565cd8b946a2d00b0c83927b7ebb055e

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence