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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6238

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6238 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.699999809265137 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6.699999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux*, 0, 6.12.38-1
Debian:14linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1, 6.12.43-1

Timeline

  • Nov 21, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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