CVE-2023-22998

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel before 6.0.3, drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c misinterprets the drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c24968734abfed81c8f93dc5f44a7b7a9aecadfa

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-28

Updated: 2023-05-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H