CVE-2023-52841

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.201 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

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

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401 CWE-476
Status published

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.10.201

Timeline

Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026