MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2023-28327

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the UNIX protocol in net/unix/diag.c In unix_diag_get_exact in the Linux Kernel. The newly allocated skb does not have sk leading to a NULL pointer. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially cause a denial of service.

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Apr: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the UNIX protocol in net/unix/diag.c In unix_diag_get_exact in the Linux Kernel. The newly allocated skb does not have sk leading to a NULL pointer. This flaw allows a local user to crash 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: cbl2 kernel 5.15.111.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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