DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6238

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6238
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6238.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6238
Upstream
Published
2023-11-21T21:15:09Z
Modified
2025-09-18T03:02:48Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}