CVE-2023-28327

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-28327
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-19 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-29 03:12:00 UTC
DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the UNIX protocol in net/unix/diag.c In unix_diag_get_exact in the Linux Kernel. The newly allocated skb does not have sk, leading to a NULL pointer. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially cause a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

References

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2177382 – (CVE-2023-28327) CVE-2023-28327 kernel: denial of service problem in net/unix/diag.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181716 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2023-28327)
  • 242154 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2023:5604)
  • 242157 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:5603)
  • 378710 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0079)
  • 379043 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0136)
  • 673121 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2296)
  • 673157 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-2272)
  • 753902 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:1800-1)
  • 753905 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:1811-1)
  • 755851 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2646-1)
  • 906900 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (26339-1)
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