CVE-2023-1075: linux linux_kernel
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-1075 is a low (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability in linux linux_kernel. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 3.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 29 · Related 25Timeline
- 27-03-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 24-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tls_is_tx_ready() incorrectly checks for list emptiness, potentially accessing a type confused entry to the list_head, leaking the last byte of the confused field that overlaps with rec->tx_ready.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
- CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible TypeThe product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu87 products
- linux< 5.4.0-149.166 | < 5.15.0-72.79
- linux-allwinner-5.19< 5.19.0-1012.12~22.04.1
- linux-aws< 5.4.0-1102.110 | < 5.15.0-1036.40
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard83 products
- hyperv-daemons-6.18All versions (No fix recorded)
- hyperv-daemons-genericAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-6.12< 6.12.65-r0 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-6.12-boot-installedAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installedAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.11-1
Linux1 product
4 vendors · 172 products