CVE-2023-6121
medium
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
4.3
Description
Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Red Hat Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm |
| 8 | Fixed | kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.6.8-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.6.8-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.6.8-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.10.205-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.64-1 |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6121
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250043
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2950
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6121.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6121
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1731000
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1746732
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1888726
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1999589
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2039178
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2043520
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2044578
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2150953
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151959
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2177759
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2179892
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2213132
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2218332
CWEs
CWE-125
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