NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


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-6138249
  • published22 Dec 2023
  • disclosed21 Dec 2023
  • creditRohit Keshri

Introduced: 21 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-7042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev() function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c file. This issue could be exploited to trigger a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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