CVE-2023-0030 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s nouveau driver in how a user triggers a memory overflow that causes the nvkm_vma_tail function to fail. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2157270
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/729eba3355674f2d9524629b73683ba1d1cd3f10
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0030
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230413-0010/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0030

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T20:30:09.455Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-0030

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.601Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-08T23:15:10.963

Modified: 2025-03-05T21:15:15.520

Link: CVE-2023-0030

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-12-11T10:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-0030 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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