CVE-2023-52869 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's pstore/platform component, specifically related to the kstrdup() function. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) could allow a local attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (system crash). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been observed.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.8, < 5.10.201CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.11, < 5.15.139CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16, < 6.1.63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2, < 6.5.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.6, < 6.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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