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debiancveDebian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2023-6238
HistoryNov 21, 2023 - 9:15 p.m.

CVE-2023-6238

2023-11-2121:15:09
Debian Security Bug Tracker
security-tracker.debian.org
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cve-2023-6238
nvm express driver
buffer overflow
linux kernel
privileged user
meta buffer
direct memory access
dma
memory corruption
kernel crashes
vulnerability
unix

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.3%

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.

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.3%

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