CVE-2023-28327

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Apr 19, 2023
Updated
Mar 19, 2025
Reserved
Mar 14, 2023

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Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the UNIX protocol in net/unix/diag.c In unix_diag_get_exact in the Linux Kernel. The newly allocated skb does not have sk, leading to a NULL pointer. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially cause a denial of service.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Linuxn/a
  • LinuxAffected

References

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