CVE-2023-52696

powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_powercap_init()

High · published May 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
56.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_powercap_init()

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory

which can be NULL upon failure.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00821 · 56.9th percentile
Published
2024-05-17T14:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 14:27Z
    powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_powercap_init()
    cvelistv5