PT-2022-6572
CVE-2023-2177
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Published
2022-07-25
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Updated
2025-03-18
Description by
CVSS 4.0
5.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux Kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream sched.c. If
stream in allocation fails, stream out is freed and would further be accessed. This could allow a local user to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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