| Name | CVE-2023-6121 |
| 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3711-1, DSA-5594-1, ELA-1033-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 4.19.249-2 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.304-1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 5.10.209-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.205-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.76-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.85-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.6.15-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.7.12-1 | fixed | |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.10.209-2~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.10.209-2~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 5.10.209-2~deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.205-2 | DSA-5594-1 | ||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.64-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.6.8-1 | |||
| linux-5.10 | source | jessie | 5.10.205-2~deb8u1 | ELA-1033-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | stretch | 5.10.205-2~deb9u1 | ELA-1033-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | buster | 5.10.205-2~deb10u1 | DLA-3711-1 |
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/b58a2dc6-cc8f-4d19-9efe-e1d5b4505efc@nvidia.com/T/
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/CAK5usQvxAyC3LJ4OnqerS1P0JpbfFr9uRZmq6Jb4QhaB7AQCoQ@mail.gmail.com/T/
https://git.kernel.org/linus/1c22e0295a5eb571c27b53c7371f95699ef705ff (6.7-rc3)