Resource Exhaustion Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.8-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6282367
  • published27 Feb 2024
  • disclosed23 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-52462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.8-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion due to improper validation in the bpf subsystem. An attacker can cause a denial of service condition by attempting to corrupt a spilled pointer.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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