Vulnerability · Published Apr 20, 2023 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2023-2176

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in RDMA in the Linux Kernel. The improper cleanup results in out-of-boundary read, where a local user can utilize this problem to crash the system or escalation of privilege.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9ALSA-2024:0897
Debian:12linux6.1.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2176
Debian:13linux6.3.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2176
Debian:14linux6.3.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.26.2.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.06.0.0-1019.19USN-6235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.06.0.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1015.15USN-6194-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2176

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Kernel Linux 6.1

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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