CVE-2023-0122 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00137.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12212	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/18/1
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=da0342a3aa0357795224e6283df86444e1117168
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0122
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0002/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0122

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T18:50:52.615Z

Reserved: 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-0122

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:43.620Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-17T21:15:14.853

Modified: 2025-04-04T19:15:44.283

Link: CVE-2023-0122

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-08-24T09:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-0122 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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