CVE-2023-52690 Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-6863367
  • published18 May 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2023-52690  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:9315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel 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:

powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check to scom_debug_init_one()

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Add a null pointer check, and release 'ent' to avoid memory leaks.

CVSS Scores

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