CVE-2023-2177 (GCVE-0-2023-2177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-18 19:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 15:56 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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