CVE-2023-6238

2023-11-2121:15:09

CWE-120

redhat

web.nvd.nist.gov

nvme

linux kernel

buffer overflow

vulnerability

dma

nvd

cve-2023-6238

CVSS3

6.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

linuxlinux_kernelMatch-

Node

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch38

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel-cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraprojectfedora38cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	-	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	38	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "kernel",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel-rt",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel-rt",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "kernel-rt",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Fedora",
    "vendor": "Fedora",
    "collectionURL": "https://packages.fedoraproject.org/",
    "packageName": "kernel",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]