Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

11 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2023

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2023, 11 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 6 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 11 CVEs represent 4% of all 2023 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 16 (a 31% month-over-month decrease) .

11
Total CVEs
0
Critical
6
High
5
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2023 11 CVEs
All (11) Critical (0) High (6) Medium (5) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2023-6817 linux High 7.8 2023-12-18 A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local p…
CVE-2023-6606 linux High 7.1 2023-12-08 An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue…
CVE-2023-6610 linux High 7.1 2023-12-08 An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smb2_dump_detail in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the Linux Kernel. This …
CVE-2023-6546 linux High 7.0 2023-12-21 A race condition was found in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when two threads exec…
CVE-2023-6932 linux High 7.0 2023-12-19 A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ipv4: igmp component can be exploited to achieve local privilege e…
CVE-2023-6931 linux High 7.0 2023-12-19 A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to …
CVE-2023-7042 linux Medium 5.5 2023-12-21 A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev() in drivers/net/wireless…
CVE-2023-6679 linux Medium 5.5 2023-12-11 A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in dpll_pin_parent_pin_set() in drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c in the D…
CVE-2023-6560 linux Medium 5.5 2023-12-09 An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the io_uring SQ/CQ rings functionality in the Linux kernel. This issue…
CVE-2023-50431 linux Medium 5.5 2023-12-09 sec_attest_info in drivers/accel/habanalabs/common/habanalabs_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 6.6.5 allows an infor…
CVE-2023-6622 linux Medium 5.5 2023-12-08 A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in nft_dynset_init() in net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c in nf_tables in t…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2023?

11 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2023, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 6 High, and 5 Medium.

How does December 2023 compare to other months?

December 2023's 11 CVEs represent 4% of all 2023 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 16 CVEs, this was a 31% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2023 breakdown →

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