Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-0597 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel 6.2

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-401
NVD
Published: 2023-02-23
Updated: 2025-03-12

Summary

A flaw possibility of memory leak in the Linux kernel cpu_entry_area mapping of X86 CPU data to memory was found in the way user can guess location of exception stack(s) or other important data. A local user could use this flaw to get access to some important data with expected location in memory.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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