FKIE_CVE-2023-6176

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-16 18:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 08:43
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel API for the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality. This issue occurs when a user constructs a malicious packet with specific socket configuration, which could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219359Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cfaa80c91f6f99b9342b6557f0f0e1143e434066Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219359Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cfaa80c91f6f99b9342b6557f0f0e1143e434066Mailing List, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel -
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
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