NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.6-rc3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5933822
  • published5 Oct 2023
  • disclosed17 Sept 2023
  • creditKyle Zeng

Introduced: 17 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-42754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.6-rc3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the ipv4_send_dest_unreach() function. An attacker can cause a system crash by exploiting this vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

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