CVE-2023-6238
Published: Nov 21, 2023
Modified: Oct 17, 2024
CVSS v3.1
6.7
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the NVM Express (NVMe) driver in the Linux kernel. Only privileged user could specify a small meta buffer and let the device perform larger Direct Memory Access (DMA) into the same buffer, overwriting unrelated kernel memory, causing random kernel crashes and memory corruption.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | kernel | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | All versions |
Fedora | Fedora | All versions |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
References
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