VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-2177

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references