CVE-2023-0597

Published Feb 23, 2023

Last updated 2 years ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

Description: A flaw possibility of memory leak in the Linux kernel cpu_entry_area mapping of X86 CPU data to memory was found in the way user can guess location of exception stack(s) or other important data. A local user could use this flaw to get access to some important data with expected location in memory.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401
secalert@redhat.com: CWE-200

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "FF501633-2F44-4913-A8EE-B021929F49F6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References