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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-6238 | BDVDB-2026-217433 Detail

Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

  1. Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
  2. Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.