CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-6915

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 15, 2024 | Modified: Apr 30, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 6.7 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 6.7-rc7 (including) 6.7-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 6.7-rc8 (including) 6.7-rc8 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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