CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-42754

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel ipv4 stack. The socket buffer (skb) was assumed to be associated with a device before calling __ip_options_compile, which is not always the case if the skb is re-routed by ipvs. This issue may allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to crash the system.

Risk Assessment

This may lead to a system crash, posing a threat to availability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix for CVE-2023-42754.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel ipv4 stack. The socket buffer (skb) was assumed to be associated with a device before calling __ip_options_compile, which is not always the case if the skb is re-routed by ipvs. This issue may allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to crash the system.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS