{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54240 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-54240 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54240 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-54240 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54240 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. 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-2023-54240/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54240/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-54240","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54240/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-54240","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-54240","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54240","GHSA-74c5-8qvv-vrf8","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54240"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the Linux kernel via a NULL pointer dereference in the MediaTek Ethernet driver.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mtk_hwlro_get_fdir_all()\n\nrule_locs is allocated in ethtool_get_rxnfc and the size is determined by\nrule_cnt from user space. So rule_cnt needs to be check before using\nrule_locs to avoid NULL pointer dereference.","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: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mtk_hwlro_get_fdir_all()","id":"CVE-2023-54240","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference","id":"CVE-2023-54241"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"iommufd: Check for uptr overflow","id":"CVE-2023-54239"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the Linux kernel via a NULL pointer dereference in the MediaTek Ethernet driver.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54240/"}