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CVE-2023-2176

Published: Apr 20, 2023

Modified: May 5, 2025

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Description

A vulnerability was found in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in RDMA in the Linux Kernel. The improper cleanup results in out-of-boundary read, where a local user can utilize this problem to crash the system or escalation of privilege.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Kernel	affected `Linux 6.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg114749.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230609-0005/

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