VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-6915
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254982Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194aPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254982Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194aPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.