CVE-2023-6915 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.29.1-4

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  "id": "f57c517bad3f362a146503708bd0eb0a33891fdbba0ad0050b829682e628d203",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-34868",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-6915 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.29.1-4",
    "summary": "A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker using this library to cause a denial of service problem due to a missing check at a function return.",
    "evidence": "osv:AZL-34868",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "kernel",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.6.29.1-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "AZL-34868",
      "aliases": [
        "AZL-34868"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.6.29.1-4"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "kernel",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel",
            "ecosystem": "Azure Linux:3"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-34868.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:05:57Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-6915"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6915"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-6915",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 413704,
  "published_at": "2024-01-15T10:15:26+00:00"
}