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CVE-2023-6121

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-6121 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem of the Linux kernel, specifically affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted TCP packet, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This could result in the leakage of kernel memory data to the kernel ring buffer (dmesg). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low impact on confidentiality and no impact on integrity or availability, with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 hyperv-daemons 5.15.145.2-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.145.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.143.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.143.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17828-16823Fixed in: 5.15.145.2-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Dec/CVE-2023-6121

CVE-2023-6121

Dec 10, 2024
microsoft2023-Nov/CVE-2023-6121Moderate

Kernel: nvme: info leak due to out-of-bounds read in nvmet_ctrl_find_get

Nov 14, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-6121Low

kernel: NVMe: info leak due to out-of-bounds read in nvmet_ctrl_find_get

Nov 6, 2023

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:2394
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:2950
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:3138
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-6121
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory