CVE catalog

CVE-2023-6238

linux: CVE-2023-6238

Severity: Medium · CVSS 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Nov 21, 2023, 9:15:09 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.29% · Oct 25, 2026

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the NVM Express (NVMe) driver in the Linux kernel. Only privileged user could specify a small meta buffer and let the device perform larger Direct Memory Access (DMA) into the same buffer, overwriting unrelated kernel memory, causing random kernel crashes and memory corruption.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	linux	sid	`7.2.12-1`	vulnerable
Debian	linux	forky	`7.2.12-1`	vulnerable
Debian	linux	trixie	`6.12.107-1`	vulnerable
Debian	linux	trixie-security	`6.12.113-1`	vulnerable
Debian	linux	bookworm	`6.1.176-1`	not affected
Debian	linux	bookworm-security	`6.1.190-1`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	linux	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]