CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2023-2177
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.21%
Linux
Original NVD Description
A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.
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