CVE-2023-22997

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel before 6.1.2, kernel/module/decompress.c misinterprets the module_get_next_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/45af1d7aae7d5520d2858f8517a1342646f015db

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-28

Updated: 2023-03-06

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

Severity: Medium