CVE-2023-6176 Information

Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel API for the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality. This issue occurs when a user constructs a malicious packet with specific socket configuration which could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6176 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219359 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cfaa80c91f6f99b9342b6557f0f0e1143e434066