CVE-2023-42755

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 5, 2023
Updated: May 22, 2024
CWE ID 125

Summary

CVE-2023-42755 is a vulnerability affecting the IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) classifier in the Linux kernel. The issue arises due to the xprt pointer in the `rsvp_classify` function potentially exceeding the boundaries of the skb, resulting in an out-of-bounds read. This flaw can be exploited by a local user to cause a system crash and induce a denial of service.

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