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high 7.5

CVE-2023-2156 json

A flaw was found in the networking subsystem of the Linux kernel within the handling of the RPL protocol.

published 2023-05-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33674

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the networking subsystem of the Linux kernel within the handling of the RPL protocol. This issue results from the lack of proper handling of user-supplied data, which can lead to an assertion failure. This may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.10.184, 5.15.117, 6.1.34, 6.2.13, 6.3.8
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.37-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.3.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2156

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-86.96
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.52
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.52
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1040.43
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1049.56
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.35

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2156

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:6583

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 5.3.18-150300.138.3
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +2 more 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +8 more 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, Manager Server 4.2 5.3.18-150300.59.130.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3676-1SUSE-SU-2023:3671-1SUSE-SU-2023:3677-1SUSE-SU-2023:3675-1SUSE-SU-2023:3668-1SUSE-SU-2023:3658-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-2156 updated cvss 7.5

kernel: net: IPv6 RPL protocol reachable assertion leads to DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Linux kernel (RPL protocol)

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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