MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2023-22997

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).

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Feb: 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).

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Published: 2023-02-14 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2023-02-14 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.174.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.111.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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