CVE-2023-52607

2024-03-0600:00:00

ubuntu.com

linux

kernel

vulnerability

powerpc

fix

null-pointer

dereference

pgtable_cache_add

kasprintf

denial of service

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.1%

JSON

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.

Notes

Author	Note
	Priority reason: Denial of service which occurs through causing kasprintf() to fail.
rodrigo-zaiden	USN-6765-1 for linux-oem-6.5 wrongly stated that this CVE was fixed in version 6.5.0-1022.23. The mentioned notice was revoked and the state of the fix for linux-oem-6.5 was recovered to the previous state.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux< 5.4.0-181.201UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux< 5.15.0-106.116UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchlinux< 6.5.0-41.41UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws< 5.4.0-1124.134UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws< 5.15.0-1061.67UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux	< 5.4.0-181.201	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux	< 5.15.0-106.116	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	linux	< 6.5.0-41.41	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws	< 5.4.0-1124.134	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws	< 5.15.0-1061.67	UNKNOWN