CVE-2023-0122

Summary

CVECVE-2023-0122
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-17 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-02 16:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 6.0 rc3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2023-0122 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-0122: Linux kernel: Pre-Auth Remote DoS in NVMe MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 753709 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0433-1)
  • 755842 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0774-1)
  • 755851 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2646-1)
  • 755900 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux-RT Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0488-1)
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