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CVE-2023-52841
media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup
Medium5.5EPSS 0.24%
- Published
- Updated
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- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Moreover, use kfree() in the later error handling in order to avoid memory leak.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected c2f78f0cb294aa6f009d3a170f4ee8ad199ba5da – < 64863ba8e6b7651d994c6e6d506cc8aa2ac45edb
- affected c2f78f0cb294aa6f009d3a170f4ee8ad199ba5da – < 980be4c3b0d51c0f873fd750117774561c66cf68
- affected c2f78f0cb294aa6f009d3a170f4ee8ad199ba5da – < a254ee1ddc592ae1efcce96b8c014e1bd2d5a2b4
- affected c2f78f0cb294aa6f009d3a170f4ee8ad199ba5da – < cb13001411999adb158b39e76d94705eb2da100d
- affected c2f78f0cb294aa6f009d3a170f4ee8ad199ba5da – < aae7598aff291d4d140be1355aa20930af948785
- affected c2f78f0cb294aa6f009d3a170f4ee8ad199ba5da – < 1fd6eb12642e0c32692924ff359c07de4b781d78
- affected 5.10
- unaffected < 5.10
- unaffected 5.10.201 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.139 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.63 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.5.12 – ≤ 6.5.*
- unaffected 6.6.2 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.7 – ≤ *
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64863ba8e6b7651d994c6e6d506cc8aa2ac45edb (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/980be4c3b0d51c0f873fd750117774561c66cf68 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a254ee1ddc592ae1efcce96b8c014e1bd2d5a2b4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb13001411999adb158b39e76d94705eb2da100d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aae7598aff291d4d140be1355aa20930af948785 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd6eb12642e0c32692924ff359c07de4b781d78 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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