CVE-2023-0597 (GCVE-0-2023-0597)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-12 19:17
VLAI
Summary
A flaw possibility of memory leak in the Linux kernel cpu_entry_area mapping of X86 CPU data to memory was found in the way user can guess location of exception stack(s) or other important data. A local user could use this flaw to get access to some important data with expected location in memory.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-12 19:17 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Kernel Affected: Linux kernel 6.2-rc1
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