UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6915

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6915

    Published: 15 Jan 2024Last Modified: 30 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-6915
    Aliases:
    USN-6648-1
    USN-6648-2
    USN-6650-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6915, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194a, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6648-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6650-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6651-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6652-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6653-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6648-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6651-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6653-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6651-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6653-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6653-4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6915, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6740-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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
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