CVE-2023-6679

medium

Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in dpll_pin_parent_pin_set() in drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c in the Digital Phase Locked Loop (DPLL) subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue could be exploited to trigger a denial of service.

References

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253986

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6679

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0461

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0448

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0439

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LBVHM4LGMFIHBN4UBESYRFMYX3WUICV5/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7LSPIOMIJYTLZB6QKPQVVAYSUETUWKPF/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-58901

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-12-11

Updated: 2026-11-06

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-9vh7-c87x-8q9v

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H