Description
A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in 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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254982
Scores
CVSS v3
6.2
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
1.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (4)
linux/linux_kernel
6.7 rc7 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.7
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Jan 15, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026