# CVE-2023-6240: Kernel: marvin vulnerability side-channel leakage in the rsa decryption operation

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-04 · Updated: 2025-11-08

## Affected

- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported

## Description

A Marvin vulnerability side-channel leakage was found in the RSA decryption operation in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a network attacker to decrypt ciphertexts or forge signatures, limiting the services that use that private key.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kernel-rt, kernel, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1881
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1882
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3414
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3421
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3618
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3627
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6240
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250843
- https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/
- https://securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/experiment-with-side-channel-attacks-yourself/

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