Bug 2182422 (CVE-2023-22997) - CVE-2023-22997 kernel: module: improper return value check in gzip/xz module decompress
Summary: CVE-2023-22997 kernel: module: improper return value check in gzip/xz module ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-22997
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2023-03-28 15:17 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2023-03-28 15:31 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.2-rc1
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Last Closed: 2023-03-28 15:19:27 UTC

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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-03-28 15:17:39 UTC 
NVD description: In the Linux kernel before 6.1.2, kernel/module/decompress.c misinterprets the module_get_next_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Upstream commit:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45af1d7aae7d5520d2858f8517a1342646f015db
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