Re: NULL pointer dereference in freedesktop Mesa via check_xshm()

                							

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<h1 class="m-title">Re: NULL pointer dereference in freedesktop Mesa via	check_xshm()</h1>
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<em>From</em>: Dan Cross &lt;crossd () gmail com&gt;


<em>Date</em>: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:56:25 -0500


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<pre style="margin: 0em;">On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 1:55 PM Meng Ruijie &lt;ruijie_meng () u nus edu&gt; wrote:
</pre><blockquote style="border-left: #5555EE solid 0.2em; margin: 0em; padding-left: 0.85em"><pre style="margin: 0em;">[Vulnerability description]
freedesktop Mesa v23.0.4 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function check_xshm().

[Vulnerability Type]
NULL pointer dereference

[Vendor of Product]
freedesktop

[Affected Product Code Base]
Mesa - 23.0.4

[Reference]
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/9859">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/9859</a>

[CVE Reference]
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2023-45931 to this 
vulnerability.
</pre></blockquote><pre style="margin: 0em;">
I find it very difficult to believe that every NULL pointer error in
existence is a security vulnerability.

        - Dan C.
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<li><a name="59" href="59">NULL pointer dereference in freedesktop Mesa via check_xshm()</a> <em>Meng Ruijie (Jan 26)</em>
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<li><strong>Re: NULL pointer dereference in freedesktop Mesa via	check_xshm()</strong> <em>Dan Cross (Jan 27)</em>
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