PT-2023-3458 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2023-01-27 · Updated 2025-03-07 · CVE-2023-3359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the brcm nvram parse() function in the Linux kernel, specifically in the drivers/nvmem/brcm nvram.c file. It is caused by a lack of check for the return value of kzalloc(), which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-14046

ALT-PU-2024-6818

AZL-27332

AZL-27347

BDU:2023-03644

CVE-2023-3359

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 20

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3359 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-03644 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-3359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3359 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-27347 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-27332 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b0576ade3aaf24b376ea1a4406ae138e2a22b0c0 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168251 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/53250 · Telegram Post
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3359 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3359.html · Note