Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-3359
CVE-2023-3359
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c. Lacks for the check of the return value of kzalloc() can cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.
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Affected products
9- Linux/brcm_nvram_parsedescription
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- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.2
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatch
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