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    "id": "CVE-2023-53987",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53987",
    "idYear": 2023,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T10:55:27.032Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-23T15:31:43.935Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "ping: Fix potentail NULL deref for /proc/net/icmp.",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nping: Fix potentail NULL deref for /proc/net/icmp.\n\nAfter commit dbca1596bbb0 (\"ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid\nof rwlock\"), we use RCU for ping sockets, but we should use spinlock\nfor /proc/net/icmp to avoid a potential NULL deref mentioned in\nthe previous patch.\n\nLet's go back to using spinlock there.\n\nNote we can convert ping sockets to use hlist instead of hlist_nulls\nbecause we do not use SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU for ping sockets.",
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