Google: sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1: security update to 17935.0.0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 451662

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer
deref in mpi_cmp_ui() During NVMeTCP Authentication a controller can trigger a kernel oops by specifying
the 8192 bit Diffie Hellman group and passing a correctly sized, but zeroed Diffie Hellamn value.
mpi_cmp_ui() was detecting this if the second parameter was 0, but 1 is passed from dh_is_pubkey_valid().
This causes the null pointer u->d to be dereferenced towards the end of mpi_cmp_ui() (CVE-2023-53817)

Solution

Update the sys-kernel/lakitu-kernel-6_1 library and its related packages to version 17935.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 451662

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.52

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-53817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53817

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