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GHSA-XW27-HXMJ-GM8P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 18:31 – Updated: 2024-07-03 18:42

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup

Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-52869 (GCVE-0-2023-52869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-21 15:31 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:34

Title

pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

Linux

References

6 references

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379b120e4f27fd1cf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63f637309baadf81a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c426da79f9fc7b76…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5cb6deb41417ef4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a19d48f7c5d57c0f0…

Impacted products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.201 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.139 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.63 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5.12 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.2 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.7 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
linux	linux_kernel	Affected: 563ca40ddf40 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Affected: 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 0 cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 5.10.201 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 5.15.139 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 6.1.63 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 6.5.12 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 6.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	Unaffected: 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-52869 (GCVE-0-2023-52869)

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