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CVE-2023-6238

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.29%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-11-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2023-6238
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.29%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.

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