Riskcovery

CVE-2023-3772

Kernel: xfrm: null pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params()

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Jul 25, 2023
Updated
Oct 14, 2026
Reserved
Jul 19, 2023

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Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). This issue may allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to directly dereference a NULL pointer in xfrm_update_ae_params(), leading to a possible kernel crash and 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:Hredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
  • 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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