What is CVE-2023-22024?

CVE-2023-22024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-22024?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Linux

CVE-2023-22024

In the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK), the RDS module in UEK has two setsockopt(2) options, RDS_CONN_RESET and RDS6_CONN_RESET, that are not re-entrant. A malicious local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN can use this to crash the kernel. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Published 2023-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Oracle Linux — versions 6, 7, 8
Oracle Vm Server — versions 3.0
Oracle Corporation Linux — versions Oracle Linux: 6, Oracle Linux: 7, Oracle Linux: 8
Oracle Corporation Vm — versions Oracle VM: 3

References

linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2023-22024.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22024?: CVE-2023-22024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-22024?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.