Security Advisory

CVE-2023-6176

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2023-11-16 17:15:44
Last updated 2025-11-06 20:01:46
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel API for the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality. This issue occurs when a user constructs a malicious packet with specific socket configuration, which could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.