| Name | CVE-2023-52607 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3842-1, DSA-5681-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.148-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.147-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.43-1 | fixed |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.41-1 | fixed |
| forky | 6.16.3-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.16.7-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - linux <ignored> (powerpc not supported in LTS)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/f46c8a75263f97bda13c739ba1c90aced0d3b071 (6.8-rc1)