Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52686

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 15.23% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8422d179cf46889c15ceff9ede48c5bfa4e7f0b4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e93d7cf4c1ddbcd846739e7ad849f955a4f18031
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6ad05e3ae9c84c5a71d7bb2d44dc845ae7990cf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b111ea786ddcc8be0682612830796ece9436c7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a523e1da6d88c2034f946adfa4f74b236c95ca9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14c55eb461d630b836f80591d8caf1f74e62877
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08c2e275fa1874de945b87093f925997722ee42
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8649829a1dd25199bbf557b2621cedb4bf9b3050

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