Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-52744 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix potential NULL-ptr-dereference in_dev_get() can return NULL which will cause a failure once idev is dereferenced in in_dev_for_each_ifa_rtnl(). This patch adds a check for NULL value in idev beforehand. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/360682fe7df262d94fae54f737c487bec0f9190d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/360682fe7df262d94fae54f737c487bec0f9190d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d9745cead1f121974322b94ceadfb4d1e67960e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d9745cead1f121974322b94ceadfb4d1e67960e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5fe1cd8e6a97f94840b55f59ed08cbc397086f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5fe1cd8e6a97f94840b55f59ed08cbc397086f