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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-3108

This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in the subsequent get_user_pages_fast in the Linux kernel’s interface for symmetric key cipher algorithms in the skcipher_recvmsg of crypto/algif_skcipher.c function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

CVSS 3.1
4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.19% probability · 9th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362, CWE-400
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.