Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

17 Linux Kernel CVEs in February 2023

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In February 2023, 17 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 8 were rated High severity and 9 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. February's 17 CVEs represent 6% of all 2023 Linux kernel CVEs , down from January's 19 (a 11% month-over-month decrease) .

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Total CVEs
0
Critical
8
High
9
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — February 2023 17 CVEs
All (17) Critical (0) High (8) Medium (9) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2023-20937 linux High 7.8 2023-02-28 In several functions of the Android Linux kernel, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a use after free. Th…
CVE-2023-22995 linux High 7.8 2023-02-28 In the Linux kernel before 5.17, an error path in dwc3_qcom_acpi_register_core in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c lacks ce…
CVE-2023-0461 linux High 7.8 2023-02-28 There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalatio…
CVE-2023-26605 linux High 7.8 2023-02-26 In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in inode_cgwb_move_to_attached in fs/fs-writeback.c, related to __…
CVE-2023-26606 linux High 7.8 2023-02-26 In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in ntfs_trim_fs in fs/ntfs3/bitmap.c.
CVE-2023-26544 linux High 7.8 2023-02-25 In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in run_unpack in fs/ntfs3/run.c, related to a difference between N…
CVE-2023-26242 linux High 7.8 2023-02-21 afu_mmio_region_get_by_offset in drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-region.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.12 has an integer overfl…
CVE-2023-26607 linux High 7.1 2023-02-26 In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is an out-of-bounds read in ntfs_attr_find in fs/ntfs/attrib.c.
CVE-2023-23039 linux Medium 5.7 2023-02-22 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.2.0-rc2. drivers/tty/vcc.c has a race condition and resultant use…
CVE-2023-22998 linux Medium 5.5 2023-02-28 In the Linux kernel before 6.0.3, drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c misinterprets the drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table …
CVE-2023-22997 linux Medium 5.5 2023-02-28 In the Linux kernel before 6.1.2, kernel/module/decompress.c misinterprets the module_get_next_page return value (expec…
CVE-2023-22999 linux Medium 5.5 2023-02-28 In the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c misinterprets the dwc3_qcom_create_urs_usb_platdev retu…
CVE-2023-22996 linux Medium 5.5 2023-02-28 In the Linux kernel before 5.17.2, drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c does not release an of_find_device_by_node reference af…
CVE-2023-0597 linux Medium 5.5 2023-02-23 A flaw possibility of memory leak in the Linux kernel cpu_entry_area mapping of X86 CPU data to memory was found in the…
CVE-2023-0615 linux Medium 5.5 2023-02-06 A memory leak flaw and potential divide by zero and Integer overflow was found in the Linux kernel V4L2 and vivid test …

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2023?

17 Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2023, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 8 High, and 9 Medium.

How does February 2023 compare to other months?

February 2023's 17 CVEs represent 6% of all 2023 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to January's 19 CVEs, this was a 11% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2023 breakdown →

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