CVE-2023-52686 Affecting kernel-abi-stablelists package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELABISTABLELISTS-7454067
  • published16 Jul 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2023-52686  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:4211.

NVD Description

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

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

powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_event_init()

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

CVSS Scores

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