CVE-2023-23006 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.15.13, drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_domain.c misinterprets the mlx5_get_uars_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Published: 2023-03-01

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00016.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.13
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b8b42585886c59a008015083282aae434349094
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23006
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23006

History

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-19T18:08:11.217Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23006

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:28:40.863Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-01T20:15:15.520

Modified: 2025-03-19T19:15:38.733

Link: CVE-2023-23006

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-12-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-23006 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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