CVE-2023-52465 power: supply: Fix null pointer dereference in smb2_probe
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-52465, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52465, GHSA-j96v-g32v-765g, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52465.