NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.6-rc7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6186522
  • published24 Jan 2024
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-46343  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.6-rc7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to improper handling of certain input in the send_acknowledge function. An attacker can cause a system crash by triggering a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Scores

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