CVE-2023-52686

kernel: powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_event_init()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 17, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_event_init()

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference