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CVE-2023-22997

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2023-02-28 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel before 6.1.2, kernel/module/decompress.c misinterprets the module_get_next_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476, CWE-476

References