4.7

CVE-2023-1382: linux linux_kernel NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-1382DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1382
Published 19-04-2023Last modified 19-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-1382 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux linux_kernel. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 15
RHSA-2023:2148RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2023:6901RHSA-2023:7077RHSA-2024:0412RHSA-2024:1404

Timeline

  1. 19-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A data race flaw was found in the Linux kernel, between where con is allocated and con->sock is set. This issue leads to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing con->sock->sk in net/tipc/topsrv.c in the tipc protocol in the Linux kernel.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu90 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-253.287 | < 4.15.0-224.236 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1130.136 | < 4.4.0-1168.183 | < 4.15.0-1167.180 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.12-1
Linux1 product
  • linux_kernel< 6.1 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4 | 6.1:rc5 | 6.1:rc6

3 vendors · 92 products

References

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