MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2023-2166

A null pointer dereference issue was found in can protocol in net/can/af_can.c in the Linux before Linux. ml_priv may not be initialized in the receive path of CAN frames. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Apr: A null pointer dereference issue was found in can protocol in net/can/af_can.c in the Linux before Linux. ml_priv may not be initialized in the receive path of CAN frames. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.

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Published: 2023-04-11 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-10-29
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2023-04-11 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.181.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.111.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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