NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-7028193
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 21 May 2024
Introduced: 21 May 2024
CVE-2023-52869 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-core.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup
Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52869
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c426da79f9fc7b761021b5eb44185ba119cd44a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379b120e4f27fd1cf636a5f85570c4d240a3f688
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63f637309baadf81a095f2653e3b807d4b5814b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a19d48f7c5d57c0f0405a7d4334d1d38fe9d3c1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5cb6deb41417ef41b9d6ff54f789212108606f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb166bdae1a7d7db30e9be7e6ccaba606debc05f
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