CVE-2023-52789

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.14.331 - NULL Pointer Dereference in vcc_probe()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vcc: Add check for kstrdup() in vcc_probe() Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error, if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

References (9)

Core 9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (21)
Linux/Linux < 4.14
Linux/Linux 4.14
Linux/Linux 4.14.331 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.300 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.202 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.140 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.262 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 - 38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3
Linux/Linux 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 - 460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac
Linux/Linux 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 - 4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9
... and 11 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026