Description
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a remote attacker to send a crafted TCP packet, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow that results in kmalloc data being printed and potentially leaked to the kernel ring buffer (dmesg).
Published: 2023-11-16
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

This flaw can be mitigated by explicitly setting the kernel parameter to restrict unprivileged users from using dmesg: ``` sudo sysctl -w kernel.dmesg_restrict=1 ``` To make it persistent between system reboots: ``` echo 'kernel.dmesg_restrict=1' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf ```

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3711-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5594-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58376 An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a remote attacker to send a crafted TCP packet, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow that results in kmalloc data being printed and potentially leaked to the kernel ring buffer (dmesg).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6639-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6680-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6680-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6680-3 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6681-4 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6686-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6686-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6686-3 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6686-4 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6686-5 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6701-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6701-2 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6701-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6701-4 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6705-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6716-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-06T20:01:43.127Z

Reserved: 2023-11-14T10:18:51.337Z

Link: CVE-2023-6121

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.422Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-16T15:15:11.197

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:43:10.460

Link: CVE-2023-6121

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-11-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-6121 - Bugzilla

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