CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-22997

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2023-02-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-02-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

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).

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 6.1.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References