CVE-2023-6915
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.2 · CWE-476
6.2CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker using this library to cause a denial of service problem due to a missing check at a function return.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (3)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194a ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194aPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254982