CVE-2023-52487

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel, which affects the net/mlx5e component and may occur when a peer flow is not removed from the peer flows list because a concurrent user holds a reference to it. This can cause a NULL pointer dereference when attempting to remove the flow from eswitch instances.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is not affected by this vulnerability.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.