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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2023-52675

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/imc-pmu: Add a null pointer check in update_events_in_group() kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published