CVE-2023-52789
tty: vcc: Add check for kstrdup() in vcc_probe()
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
4.14
References 9
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3
- stable/c/909963e0c16778cec28efb1affc21558825f4200
- stable/c/460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac
- stable/c/4ef41a7f33ffe1a335e7db7e1564ddc6afad47cc
- stable/c/6c80f48912b5bd4965352d1a9a989e21743a4a06
- stable/c/7cebc86481bf16049e266f6774d90f2fd4f8d5d2
- stable/c/4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9
- stable/c/8f8771757b130383732195497e47fba2aba76d3a
- stable/c/d81ffb87aaa75f842cd7aa57091810353755b3e6