CVE-2023-52626

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 6.6.15 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix operation precedence bug in port timestamping napi_poll context Indirection (*) is of lower precedence than postfix increment (++). Logic in napi_poll context would cause an out-of-bound read by first increment the pointer address by byte address space and then dereference the value. Rather, the intended logic was to dereference first and then increment the underlying value.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 6.8 rc1
linux/linux_kernel 6.6.3 - 6.6.15
Published Mar 26, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026