CVE-2023-52789

low-risk

Published 2024-05-21

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vcc: Add check for kstrdup() in vcc_probe() Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error, if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Do I need to act?

0.01% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Linux Kernel

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (18)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ef41a7f33ffe1a335e7db7e1564ddc6afad47cc

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c80f48912b5bd4965352d1a9a989e21743a4a06

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cebc86481bf16049e266f6774d90f2fd4f8d5d2

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8771757b130383732195497e47fba2aba76d3a

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/909963e0c16778cec28efb1affc21558825f4200

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d81ffb87aaa75f842cd7aa57091810353755b3e6