CVE-2023-54189 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pstore/ram: Add check for kstrdup
Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error
if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc617a3b777b92a0e80ceff2dffaae9350d4c3850 — 8430a8e8e85420d4cb51dcb08b0278ab194ea82f+7
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2023-54189: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/ram: Add check for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-xhm8-cfh8-8hcp: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pstore/ram: Add check for kstrdup
Add check for the return value of kstrdup() an↗2025-12-30