CVE-2023-6356

high

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver. This issue may allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to send a set of crafted TCP packages when using NVMe over TCP, leading the NVMe driver to a NULL pointer dereference in the NVMe driver and causing kernel panic and a denial of service.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240415-0002/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254054

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6356

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1248

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0897

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0881

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0725

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0724

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0723

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-02-07

Updated: 2024-04-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High