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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
VLAI
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 · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-21 18:43 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 , < bb166bdae1a7d7db30e9be7e6ccaba606debc05f (git)
Affected: 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 , < 379b120e4f27fd1cf636a5f85570c4d240a3f688 (git)
Affected: 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 , < 63f637309baadf81a095f2653e3b807d4b5814b9 (git)
Affected: 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 , < 1c426da79f9fc7b761021b5eb44185ba119cd44a (git)
Affected: 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 , < ad5cb6deb41417ef41b9d6ff54f789212108606f (git)
Affected: 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 , < a19d48f7c5d57c0f0405a7d4334d1d38fe9d3c1c (git)
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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)
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linux linux_kernel Affected: 563ca40ddf40
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linux linux_kernel Affected: 5.8
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 0
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 5.10.201
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 5.15.139
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 6.1.63
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 6.5.12
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 6.6.2
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linux linux_kernel Unaffected: 6.7
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