Medium severity · published Jan 15, 2024
CVE-2023-6915
A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in the Linux Kernel
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 6.6.13 · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder · Redhat
8.0; 9.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64 · Redhat
8.0_aarch64 · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Eus · Redhat
9.4; 9.4; 9.6; 9.6; 9.8; 9.8 · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems · Redhat
9.0_s390x · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems Eus · Redhat
9.4_s390x; 9.6_s390x; 9.8_s390x · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian · Redhat
8.0; 9.0_ppc64le · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian Els · Redhat
8.10 · source: NVD
CL
Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian Eus · Redhat
9.4_ppc64le; 9.6_ppc64le; 9.8_ppc64le · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 8.0; 9.0; 9.0; 9.4; 9.6; +3 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
9.4; 9.4; 9.6; 9.6; 9.8; 9.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6915
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6915
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254982
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194a
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