CVE-2023-52607

powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

Medium · published March 6, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory

which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful

by checking the pointer validity.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00234 · 13.5th percentile
Published
2024-03-06T06:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAR 06:45Z
    powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add
    cvelistv5