What is CVE-2023-22998?

CVE-2023-22998 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2023-22998 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-22998?

CVE-2023-22998 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-22998?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-22998. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2023-22998 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-22998 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-22998

Medium

In the Linux kernel before 6.0.3, drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c misinterprets the drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2023-02-28

Last modified 2025-03-19

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-436

CVE-2023-22998 is classified as CWE-436

See CWE-436 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-22998 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.3

Release Notes
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c24968734abfed81c8f93dc5f44a7b7a9aecadfa
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-22998

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2023-02-28

Modified 2025-03-19

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22998?

CVE-2023-22998 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2023-22998 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-22998?

CVE-2023-22998 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-22998?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-22998. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2023-22998 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-22998 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.