High severity · published Jul 12, 2023
CVE-2023-3106
Kernel: netlink socket crash (null pointer deref) in netlink_dump function
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in netlink_dump. This issue can occur when the Netlink socket receives the message(sendmsg) for the XFRM_MSG_GETSA, XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY type message, and the DUMP flag is set and can cause a denial of service or possibly another unspecified impact. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although it is unlikely.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.15 before 3.16.39; 3.17 before 4.4.223; 4.5 before 4.7.10; 4.8; 4.8; 4.8; +3 more · source: NVD
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3106
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3106
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3106
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221501
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1ba5bf993c6a3142e18e68ea6452b347f9cb5635
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