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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2023· Updated Nov 6, 2025

Kernel: ipv4: null pointer dereference in ipv4_send_dest_unreach()

CVE-2023-42754

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel ipv4 stack. The socket buffer (skb) was assumed to be associated with a device before calling __ip_options_compile, which is not always the case if the skb is re-routed by ipvs. This issue may allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to crash the system.

Affected products

283

Patches

0

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