CVE-2023-3359 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
Linux KernelDebian LinuxMsrc Cbl2 Hyperv-daemons 5.15.118.1-1 ON CBL Mariner 2.0+6 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 28
Latest updateJun 29

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c. Lacks for the check of the return value of kzalloc() can cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages11 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 6.2+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.11-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux_kernelkernel 6.1-rc8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.11-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hg6h-cj3j-wp77: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram↗2023-06-29
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OSV
CVE-2023-3359: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram↗2023-06-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c. Lacks for the check of the return value of kzalloc() can cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.↗2023-06-13
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Red Hat
kernel: brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference↗2023-01-27
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Debian
CVE-2023-3359: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/br...↗2023
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