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CVE-2023-2177 (GCVE-0-2023-2177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-18 19:58
VLAI
Summary
A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 15:56 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Linux Affected: Linux Kernel prior to Kernel 5.19 RC17
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