vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2023-2166: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 19, 2023
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was found in can protocol in net/can/af_can.c in the Linux before Linux. ml_priv may not be initialized in the receive path of CAN frames. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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