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CVE-2023-6176

Kernel: local dos vulnerability in scatterwalk_copychunks PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6unaffected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7unaffected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9affected

CWE

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References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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CISA-ADP

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