CVE-2023-42755

Description

A flaw was found in the IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) classifier in the Linux kernel. The xprt pointer may go beyond the linear part of the skb, leading to an out-of-bounds read in the `rsvp_classify` function. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system and cause a denial of service.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239847

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42755

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3