Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-46862 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
high complexity
linux
CWE-476

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.5.9. During a race with SQ thread exit, an io_uring/fdinfo.c io_uring_show_fdinfo NULL pointer dereference can occur.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
881

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)