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CVE-2023-0122 (GCVE-0-2023-0122)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-04 18:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-04 18:50 UTC
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Kernel Affected: Linux kernel 6.0-rc4
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