CVE-2023-6915
Kernel: null pointer dereference vulnerability in ida_free in lib/idr.c
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.2 Medium
- Published
- Jan 15, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 6, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 18, 2023
Description
A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker using this library to cause a denial of service problem due to a missing check at a function return.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2024:2394vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:2950vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2024:3138vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2254982issue-tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
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