CVE-2023-3355

Public on 2023-06-27
Modified on 2024-03-01
Description
The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:

"An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8. submit_lookup_cmds() in drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c lacks check of the return value of kmalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference."

A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel may allow a local user to crash the system.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H