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CVE-2023-1077

high

In the Linux kernel, pick_next_rt_entity() may return a type confused entry, not detected by the BUG_ON condition, as the confused entry will not be NULL, but…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, pick_next_rt_entity() may return a type confused entry, not detected by the BUG_ON condition, as the confused entry will not be NULL, but list_head.The buggy error condition would lead to a type confused entry with the list head,which would then be used as a type confused sched_rt_entity,causing memory corruption.

CVSS
7.0
7.0 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2023-03-27 21:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 23:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-02 23:17 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥2.6.25 <4.19.293, ≥4.20 <5.4.235, ≥5.5 <5.10.173, ≥5.11 <5.15.99, ≥5.16 <6.1.16, ≥6.2 <6.2.3
debian / debian_linux 10.0
netapp / a700s_firmware all versions
netapp / 8300_firmware all versions
netapp / 8700_firmware all versions
netapp / a400_firmware all versions
netapp / c400_firmware all versions
netapp / h300s_firmware all versions
netapp / h500s_firmware all versions
netapp / h700s_firmware all versions
netapp / h410s_firmware all versions
netapp / h410c_firmware all versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7c4a5b89a0b5a57a64b601775b296abf77a9fe97
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7c4a5b89a0b5a57a64b601775b296abf77a9fe97

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-02 23:17 UTC · record ↗

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