CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-6176
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel API for the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality. This issue occurs when a user constructs a malicious packet with specific socket configuration, which could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel
• redhat enterprise linux 8.0
• redhat enterprise linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219359 Issue Tracking
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cfaa80c91f6f99b9342b6557f0f0e1143e434066 Mailing List, Patch
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177029/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0100-1.html packetstormsecurity.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219359 Issue Tracking
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cfaa80c91f6f99b9342b6557f0f0e1143e434066 Mailing List, Patch