PT-2023-8384 · Linux+10 · Linux Kernel+10
Zhenghan Wang
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Published
2023-12-21
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Updated
2025-10-03
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CVE-2023-6915
CVSS v3.1
6.2
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux Kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A Null pointer dereference problem was found in the
ida free() function in the lib/idr.c file of 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. The problem occurs when the xas load function returns a null value, assigning NULL to the bitmap variable.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
DoS
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Linuxmint
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu