PT-2021-7683 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6
Remy@_Mattata
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Published
2021-01-09
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Updated
2023-07-11
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CVE-2023-1390
CVSS v2.0
7.8
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A remote denial of service issue was found in the Linux kernel's TIPC kernel module. The
tipc link xmit() function hits an unknown state while attempting to parse SKBs that are not in the queue. Sending two small UDP packets to a system with a UDP bearer results in the CPU utilization spiking to 100%, causing a denial of service condition. This issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing in the TIPC protocol implementation.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu