CVE-2023-52845
CVE-2023-52845CVE-2023-52845
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING
syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756
strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]
strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756
tipc_nl_node_reset_link_stats+0x3ea/0xb50 net/tipc/node.c:2595
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:971 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1051 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x11ec/0x1290 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1066
netlink_rcv_skb+0x371/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1075
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1342 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf47/0x1250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368
netlink_sendmsg+0x1238/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910
sock_sendmsg_nose
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |