In the Linux kernel, picknextrtentity() may return a type confused entry, not detected by the BUGON condition, as the confused entry will…
CVE-2023-1077
In the Linux kernel, picknextrtentity() may return a type confused entry, not detected by the BUGON condition, as the confused entry will not be NULL, but listhead.The buggy error condition would lead to a type confused entry with the list head,which would then be used as a type confused schedrtentity,causing memory corruption.
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- EPSS
- 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 27 March 2023
- Last updated
- 2 November 2026
- Affected
- n/a · Linux kernel
- Assigner
- redhat
At the source
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7c4a5b89a0b5a57a64b601775b296abf77a9fe97
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0002/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
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