WID-SEC-W-2023-2659

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Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

view advisory published 2023-10-16

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2023-40791USmedium6.3—
extract_user_to_sg in lib/scatterlist.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.12 fails to unpin pages in a certain situation, as demonstrated by a WARNING for try_grab_page.
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