CVE-2023-22998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel before 6.0.3, drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c misinterprets the drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv	RHSA-2023:2736	2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8	RHSA-2023:2951	2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2023:2458	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv	RHSA-2023:2148	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2023:2458	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z

References

Link	Providers
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.3
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c24968734abfed81c8f93dc5f44a7b7a9aecadfa
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22998
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22998

History

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-19T16:06:48.879Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22998

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:31.451Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-28T21:15:12.180

Modified: 2025-03-19T17:15:38.153

Link: CVE-2023-22998

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-22998 - Bugzilla

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