CVE-2023-52465 power: supply: Fix null pointer dereference in smb2_probe

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel power supply subsystem can cause a system crash, requiring a kernel patch.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-52465?

CVE-2023-52465 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

power: supply: Fix null pointer dereference in smb2_probe

devm_kasprintf and devm_kzalloc return a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52465?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52465?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-52465 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52465 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52465, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52465, GHSA-j96v-g32v-765g, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52465.

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