CVE-2023-46838

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ransmit requests in Xen's virtual network protocol can consist of multiple parts. While not really useful, except for the initial part any of them may be of zero length, i.e. carry no data at all. Besides a certain initial portion of the to be transferred data, these parts are directly translated into what Linux calls SKB fragments. Such converted request parts can, when for a particular SKB they are all of length zero, lead to a de-reference of NULL in core networking code.

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 19:16

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References
  • () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-448.html -

13 Feb 2025, 18:15

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Summary (en) Transmit requests in Xen's virtual network protocol can consist of multiple parts. While not really useful, except for the initial part any of them may be of zero length, i.e. carry no data at all. Besides a certain initial portion of the to be transferred data, these parts are directly translated into what Linux calls SKB fragments. Such converted request parts can, when for a particular SKB they are all of length zero, lead to a de-reference of NULL in core networking code. (en) Transmit requests in Xen's virtual network protocol can consist of multiple parts. While not really useful, except for the initial part any of them may be of zero length, i.e. carry no data at all. Besides a certain initial portion of the to be transferred data, these parts are directly translated into what Linux calls SKB fragments. Such converted request parts can, when for a particular SKB they are all of length zero, lead to a de-reference of NULL in core networking code.

21 Nov 2024, 08:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RGEKT4DKSDXDS34EL7M4UVJMMPH7Z3ZZ/ - Mailing List () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RGEKT4DKSDXDS34EL7M4UVJMMPH7Z3ZZ/ - Mailing List
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZFYW6R64GPLUOXSQBJI3JBUX3HGLAYPP/ - Mailing List () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZFYW6R64GPLUOXSQBJI3JBUX3HGLAYPP/ - Mailing List
References () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-448.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-448.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory

27 Aug 2024, 19:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
First Time Debian debian Linux
Debian

27 Jun 2024, 12:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html -

25 Jun 2024, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html -

Information

Published : 2024-01-29 11:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 19:16


NVD link : CVE-2023-46838

Mitre link : CVE-2023-46838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-46838


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CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference