CVE-2023-2177 (GCVE-0-2023-2177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-20 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-18 19:58
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Summary
A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux Affected: Linux Kernel prior to Kernel 5.19 RC17
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