Riskcovery

CVE-2023-52696

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

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
May 17, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Mar 7, 2024

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Description

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

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

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

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before 9da4a56dd3772570512ca58aa8832b052ae910dcAffected
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before a67a04ad05acb56640798625e73fa54d6d41cce1Affected
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before 6b58d16037217d0c64a2a09b655f370403ec7219Affected
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before f152a6bfd187f67afeffc9fd68cbe46f51439be0Affected
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before 69f95c5e9220f77ce7c540686b056c2b49e9a664Affected
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before b02ecc35d01a76b4235e008d2dd292895b28ecabAffected
  • b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e to before e123015c0ba859cf48aa7f89c5016cc6e98e018dAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.20Affected
  • before 4.20Not affected
  • 5.4.268 through 5.4.*Not affected
  • 5.10.209 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.148 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.75 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.14 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.7.2 through 6.7.*Not affected
  • 6.8 and laterNot affected

References

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