CVE-2023-52675 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELHEADERS-6900131
  • published18 May 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2023-52675  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4211.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

powerpc/imc-pmu: Add a null pointer check in update_events_in_group()

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS Scores

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