| Name | CVE-2023-52690 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check to scom_debug_init_one()
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure.
Add a null pointer check, and release 'ent' to avoid memory leaks. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3841-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | buster, buster (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.10.218-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| linux | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| linux | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.209-1 | | | |
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.76-1 | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.6.15-1 | | | |
| linux-5.10 | source | buster | 5.10.209-2~deb10u1 | | DLA-3841-1 | |
Notes
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/9a260f2dd827bbc82cc60eb4f4d8c22707d80742 (6.8-rc1)