CVE-2023-23005

Name	CVE-2023-23005
Description	DISPUTED In the Linux kernel before 6.2, mm/memory-tiers.c misinterprets the alloc_memory_type return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer). NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because there are no realistic cases in which a user can cause the alloc_memory_type error case to be reached.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	buster	4.19.249-2	fixed
	buster (security)	4.19.269-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.158-2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.162-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	6.1.20-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	buster	(not affected)
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerble code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/4a625ceee8a0ab0273534cb6b432ce6b331db5ee (6.2-rc1)