Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
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0.05% (19th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDOC-6208637
- published 28 Jan 2024
- disclosed 22 Jan 2024
Introduced: 22 Jan 2024
CVE-2023-52340 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 6.3 has a net/ipv6/route.c max_size threshold that can be consumed easily, e.g., leading to a denial of service (network is unreachable errors) when IPv6 packets are sent in a loop via a raw socket.
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