CVE-2023-52472 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

crypto: rsa - add a check for allocation failure

Static checkers insist that the mpi_alloc() allocation can fail so add
a check to prevent a NULL dereference. Small allocations like this
can't actually fail in current kernels, but adding a check is very
simple and makes the static checkers happy.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00009.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2831f4d3bfa68e64c5f83e96688be779c87b3511
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ad8b6879e2e49d02e3bfc0e1fb46421633fe2a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d872ca165cb67112f2841ef9c37d51ef7e63d1e4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52472
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52472

History

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-02-25T08:16:34.968Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:37:25.705Z

Reserved: 2024-02-20T12:30:33.297Z

Link: CVE-2023-52472

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:19.797Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-26T16:27:48.930

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:39:50.940

Link: CVE-2023-52472

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52472 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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