SB2024020804 - Local denial of service in Linux kernel NFC
Published: February 8, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024020804
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46343)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the send_acknowledge() function in net/nfc/nci/spi.c. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231013184129.18738-1-krzysztof.kozlowski%40linaro.org/T/#r38bdbaf8ae15305b77f6c5bc8e15d38f405623c7
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5.9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7937609cd387246aed994e81aa4fa951358fba41
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7937609cd387246aed994e81aa4fa951358fba41