CVE-2023-0122
High
CVE-2023-0122
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel NVMe functionality, in nvmet_setup_auth(), allows an attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine. Affected versions v6.0-rc1 to v6.0-rc3, fixed in v6.0-rc4.
Exploit probability
1.3%
Published
January 17, 2023
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-0122
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A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel NVMe functionality, in nvmet_setup_auth(), allows an attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine. Affected versions v6.0-rc1 to v6.0-rc3, fixed in v6.0-rc4.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/18/1
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=da0342a3aa0357795224e6283df86444e1117168
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0122.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0122
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0002/