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CVE-2023-52869
pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup
Medium5.5EPSS 0.22%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 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)
- 0.22% · top 87% 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 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 – < bb166bdae1a7d7db30e9be7e6ccaba606debc05f
- affected 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 – < 379b120e4f27fd1cf636a5f85570c4d240a3f688
- affected 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 – < 63f637309baadf81a095f2653e3b807d4b5814b9
- affected 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 – < 1c426da79f9fc7b761021b5eb44185ba119cd44a
- affected 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 – < ad5cb6deb41417ef41b9d6ff54f789212108606f
- affected 563ca40ddf400dbf8c6254077f9b6887101d0f08 – < a19d48f7c5d57c0f0405a7d4334d1d38fe9d3c1c
- affected 5.8
- unaffected < 5.8
- 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/bb166bdae1a7d7db30e9be7e6ccaba606debc05f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379b120e4f27fd1cf636a5f85570c4d240a3f688 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63f637309baadf81a095f2653e3b807d4b5814b9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c426da79f9fc7b761021b5eb44185ba119cd44a (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5cb6deb41417ef41b9d6ff54f789212108606f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a19d48f7c5d57c0f0405a7d4334d1d38fe9d3c1c (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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