CVE-2023-6176
high
CVSS v3
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel API for the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality. This issue occurs when a user constructs a malicious packet with specific socket configuration, which could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.55-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.197-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.5.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.5.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.5.6-1 |
| almalinux | 8 | fixed | kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2950
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6176
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1731000
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1746732
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1888726
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1999589
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2039178
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2043520
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2044578
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2150953
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2151959
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2177759
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2179892
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2213132
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2218332
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2219359
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2221039
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2221463
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2221702
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2226777
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2226784
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2226787
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