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CVE-2023-0122

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2023-01-17 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel NVMe functionality, in nvmet_setup_auth(), allows an attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine. Affected versions v6.0-rc1 to v6.0-rc3, fixed in v6.0-rc4.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476, CWE-476

References