CVE-2023-52607 Affecting kernel-debug-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGDEBUGINFO-7263826
  • published 15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 6 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debug-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:3618.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-debuginfo package and not the kernel-debug-debuginfo 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/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.5 medium