FKIE_CVE-2023-6679

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-12-11 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:51
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in dpll_pin_parent_pin_set() in drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c in the Digital Phase Locked Loop (DPLL) subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue could be exploited to trigger a denial of service.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0439
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0448
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0461
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6679Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253986Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231211083758.1082853-1-jiri@resnulli.us/Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0439
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0448
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0461
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6679Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253986Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LSPIOMIJYTLZB6QKPQVVAYSUETUWKPF/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBVHM4LGMFIHBN4UBESYRFMYX3WUICV5/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231211083758.1082853-1-jiri@resnulli.us/Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel -
fedoraproject fedora 38
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
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