CVE-2023-23006

medium

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).

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b8b42585886c59a008015083282aae434349094

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.13

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-01

Updated: 2023-03-13

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