{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52991 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-52991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52991 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-52991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52991 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52991/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52991/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-52991","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52991/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-52991","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-52991","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52991","GHSA-9h2w-crmf-mr2p","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52991"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's UDP segmentation logic allows remote attackers to cause a system crash via crafted network packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: fix NULL pointer in skb_segment_list\n\nCommit 3a1296a38d0c (\"net: Support GRO/GSO fraglist chaining.\")\nintroduced UDP listifyed GRO. The segmentation relies on frag_list being\nuntouched when passing through the network stack. This assumption can be\nbroken sometimes, where frag_list itself gets pulled into linear area,\nleaving frag_list being NULL. When this happens it can trigger\nfollowing NULL pointer dereference, and panic the kernel. Reverse the\ntest condition should fix it.\n\n[19185.577801][    C1] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:\n...\n[19185.663775][    C1] RIP: 0010:skb_segment_list+0x1cc/0x390\n...\n[19185.834644][    C1] Call Trace:\n[19185.841730][    C1]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[19185.848563][    C1]  __udp_gso_segment+0x33e/0x510\n[19185.857370][    C1]  inet_gso_segment+0x15b/0x3e0\n[19185.866059][    C1]  skb_mac_gso_segment+0x97/0x110\n[19185.874939][    C1]  __skb_gso_segment+0xb2/0x160\n[19185.883646][    C1]  udp_queue_rcv_skb+0xc3/0x1d0\n[19185.892319][    C1]  udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x75/0x90\n[19185.900979][    C1]  ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xd2/0x200\n[19185.910003][    C1]  ip_local_deliver_finish+0x44/0x60\n[19185.918757][    C1]  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x8b/0xa0\n[19185.927834][    C1]  process_backlog+0x88/0x130\n[19185.935840][    C1]  __napi_poll+0x27/0x150\n[19185.943447][    C1]  net_rx_action+0x27e/0x5f0\n[19185.951331][    C1]  ? mlx5_cq_tasklet_cb+0x70/0x160 [mlx5_core]\n[19185.960848][    C1]  __do_softirq+0xbc/0x25d\n[19185.968607][    C1]  irq_exit_rcu+0x83/0xb0\n[19185.976247][    C1]  common_interrupt+0x43/0xa0\n[19185.984235][    C1]  asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40\n...\n[19186.094106][    C1]  \u003c/TASK\u003e","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"net: fix NULL pointer in skb_segment_list","id":"CVE-2023-52991","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"bpf: Skip task with pid=1 in send_signal_common()","id":"CVE-2023-52992"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.","id":"CVE-2023-52990"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-03-27","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's UDP segmentation logic allows remote attackers to cause a system crash via crafted network packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52991/"}