UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7042

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7042

    Published: 21 Dec 2023Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-7042
    Aliases:
    USN-6816-1
    USN-6817-1
    USN-6817-2

    Summary:

    Details: A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev() in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c in the Linux kernel. This issue could be exploited to trigger a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7042, https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/[email protected]/, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=ath-next&id=ad25ee36f00172f7d53242dc77c69fff7ced0755, https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/log/?h=ath-next, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7042, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6816-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6828-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6871-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6878-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6892-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6896-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6919-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?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
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