VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-0122
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel NVMe functionality, in nvmet_setup_auth(), allows an attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel NVMe functionality, in nvmet_setup_auth(), allows an attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine. Affected versions v6.0-rc1 to v6.0-rc3, fixed in v6.0-rc4.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=da0342a3aa0357795224e6283df86444e1117168Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=da0342a3aa0357795224e6283df86444e1117168Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0002/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.