UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6679

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6679

    Published: 11 Dec 2023Last Modified: 6 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-6679

    Summary:

    Details: A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in dpll_pin_parent_pin_set() in drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c in the Digital Phase Locked Loop (DPLL) subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue could be exploited to trigger a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6679, https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6679, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6679

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High