CVE-2023-23006

Published: Mar 1, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.15.13, drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_domain.c misinterprets the mlx5_get_uars_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 5.15.13

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (4)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.13

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchRelease Notes

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b8b42585886c59a008015083282aae434349094

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.13

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListPatchRelease Notes

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6b8b42585886c59a008015083282aae434349094

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

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