CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-40791
6.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Description
extract_user_to_sg in lib/scatterlist.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.12 fails to unpin pages in a certain situation, as demonstrated by a WARNING for try_grab_page.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 6.4.12)
• netapp h300s firmware
• netapp h500s firmware
• netapp h700s firmware
• netapp h410s firmware
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4.12 Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f443fd5af5dbd531f880d3645d5dd36976cf087f Mailing List, Patch
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/8/3/323 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-crypto/20571.1690369076%40warthog.procyon.org.uk/ Mailing List, Patch
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0009/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4.12 Release Notes
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f443fd5af5dbd531f880d3645d5dd36976cf087f Mailing List, Patch
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/8/3/323 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-crypto/20571.1690369076%40warthog.procyon.org.uk/ Mailing List, Patch
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0009/ Third Party Advisory