CVE-2023-3355 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Linux KernelDebian LinuxMsrc Cbl2 Kernel 5.15.118.1-2 ON CBL Mariner 2.0+3 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 28

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c code in the submit_lookup_cmds function, which fails because it lacks a check of the return value of kmalloc(). This issue allows a local user to crash the system.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.20-1+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9m5j-qrrv-jhf9: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit↗2023-06-28
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OSV
CVE-2023-3355: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit↗2023-06-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: NULL pointer dereference in submit_lookup_cmds() in drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c↗2023-06-26
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Microsoft
Null pointer dereference in submit_lookup_cmds() in drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c↗2023-06-13
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Debian
CVE-2023-3355: linux - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's drivers/gpu/drm/...↗2023
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