Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025
powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_powercap_init()
CVE-2023-52696
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_powercap_init()
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.
AI Insight
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Affected products
123- osv-coords121 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< 6.5.0-1021.21+ 120 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-9.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-16.188.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-16.188.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.219.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.219.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.3.1
Patches
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References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f95c5e9220f77ce7c540686b056c2b49e9a664mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b58d16037217d0c64a2a09b655f370403ec7219mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da4a56dd3772570512ca58aa8832b052ae910dcmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a67a04ad05acb56640798625e73fa54d6d41cce1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02ecc35d01a76b4235e008d2dd292895b28ecabmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e123015c0ba859cf48aa7f89c5016cc6e98e018dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f152a6bfd187f67afeffc9fd68cbe46f51439be0mitre
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