CVE-2023-6535

Public on 2023-12-15

Modified on 2024-01-31

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver. This issue may allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to send a set of crafted TCP packages when using NVMe over TCP, leading the NVMe driver to a NULL pointer dereference in the NVMe driver, causing kernel panic and a denial of service.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

7.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Status
Amazon Linux 1	kernel	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	kernel	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra	kernel	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra	kernel	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra	kernel	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023	kernel	Not Affected

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2023-6535 Mitre: CVE-2023-6535