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CVE-2023-52869

17
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52869Moderate

kernel: pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1c426da79f9fc7b761021b5eb44185ba119cd44a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/379b120e4f27fd1cf636a5f85570c4d240a3f688
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/63f637309baadf81a095f2653e3b807d4b5814b9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a19d48f7c5d57c0f0405a7d4334d1d38fe9d3c1c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ad5cb6deb41417ef41b9d6ff54f789212108606f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bb166bdae1a7d7db30e9be7e6ccaba606debc05f
Patch