CVE-2023-22996 Memory corruption in n/a
A memory leak in the Qualcomm AOSS driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting kernel memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-22996?
CVE-2023-22996 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel before 5.17.2, drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c does not release an of_find_device_by_node reference after use, e.g., with put_device.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22996?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22996?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-22996 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22996 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-13823, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22996, GHSA-ph68-qqgf-rq69, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22996.