CVE-2023-6915Kernel: null pointer dereference vulnerability in ida_free in lib/idr.c
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.28%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker using this library to cause a denial of service problem due to a missing check at a function return.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 80% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: affected
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References
References7
- RHSA-2024:2394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:2950 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:3138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6915 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2254982 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/af73483f4e8b6f5c68c9aa63257bdd929a9c194a (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-59114 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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