CVE-2023-6238

Updated: 2024-02-06 19:53:58.200297

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x 0
CVSS Version 3.x MEDIUM 6.7

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU kernel 5.14.0 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-08 03:16:31
AlmaLinux 9.2 FIPS kernel 5.14.0 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2024-01-19 13:09:22
CentOS 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-26 13:08:53
CentOS 7 ELS kernel 3.10.0 6.7 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-02-26 03:22:05
CentOS 8.4 ELS kernel 4.18.0 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-07 20:45:10
CentOS 8.5 ELS kernel 4.18.0 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-07 20:45:10
CloudLinux 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2024-05-08 10:17:35
Oracle Linux 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-26 13:08:53
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS linux-hwe 4.15.0 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-06 04:08:48
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS linux 4.4.0 6.7 MEDIUM Not Vulnerable 2023-12-06 08:41:54
Total: 11