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CVE-2023-0122

kernel: NVME driver: null pointer dereference in drivers/nvme/target/auth.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 24, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in nvmet_setup_auth() in the Linux kernel's NVMe functionality. This issue allows an attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference