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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0459 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0459

Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel does not implement the __uaccess_begin_nospec allowing a user to bypass the "access_ok" check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(). This would allow an attacker to leak information. We recommend upgrading beyond commit 74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 20, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

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

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm

20 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: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

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop

15 explicit affected versions

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

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure

26 explicit affected versions

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

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

100 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

63 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

79 explicit affected versions

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

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

113 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

10 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: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

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

12 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:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

68 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

76 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

65 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15

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

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

75 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot

10 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

93 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency

26 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

68 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

77 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

100 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

67 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

96 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

65 explicit affected versions

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

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15

16 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1

3 explicit affected versions

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

3 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

58 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

57 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

56 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

22 explicit affected versions

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

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15

18 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

52 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

12 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

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure

104 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

83 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

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

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

76 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

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

22 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

127 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

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

30 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0459

Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel does not implement the __uaccess_begin_nospec allowing a user to bypass the "access_ok" check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(). This would allow an attacker to leak information. We recommend upgrading beyond commit 74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47

View original source

05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence