CVE-2023-20937

Publication date 28 February 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In several functions of the Android Linux kernel, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-257443051References: Upstream kernel

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws-5.0 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.11 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.8 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-4.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.11 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.19 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.8 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-5.19 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-bluefield 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-dell300x 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-fips 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal  
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic  
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial  
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.11 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.8 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.11 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.19 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.8 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-iot 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-oem 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.10 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.14
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.14 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.15, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.17 22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.0 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.1 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.11 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.13 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.15 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.8 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-raspi
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of standard support
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support, was needs-triage
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.11 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.13
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.15 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.8 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.11
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

this is likely Android specific, as it's an issue with the interaction of CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT, which never made it upstream (see lore link for thread).

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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