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CVE-2023-52789: tty: vcc: Add check for kstrdup() in vcc_probe()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3, 460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac, 4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3, 460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38ac, 4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vcc: Add check for kstrdup() in vcc_probe() Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error, if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 15th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 4.14.331
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.300
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.262
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.202
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.140
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.64
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.5.13
  • linux linux kernel6.6 and later · before 6.6.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.14affected
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3affected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 909963e0c16778cec28efb1affc21558825f4200affected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38acaffected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 4ef41a7f33ffe1a335e7db7e1564ddc6afad47ccaffected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 6c80f48912b5bd4965352d1a9a989e21743a4a06affected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 7cebc86481bf16049e266f6774d90f2fd4f8d5d2affected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9affected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before 8f8771757b130383732195497e47fba2aba76d3aaffected · git
    • 5d171050e28f823aeb040f2830da4d3422b54b63 and later · before d81ffb87aaa75f842cd7aa57091810353755b3e6affected · git

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.64-16.1.64-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.6.8-16.6.8-1

Same product

linux: all records

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    89Now
  • CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52787May 21, 2024 · blk-mq: make sure active queue usage is held for bio_integrity_prep()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52788May 21, 2024 · i915/perf: Fix NULL deref bugs with drm_dbg() calls
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-52790May 21, 2024 · swiotlb: fix out-of-bounds TLB allocations with CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux38cd56fc9de78bf3c878790785e8c231116ef9d3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux460284dfb10b207980c6f3f7046e33446ceb38acVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4a24a31826246b15477399febd13292b0c9f0ee9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4ef41a7f33ffe1a335e7db7e1564ddc6afad47ccVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6c80f48912b5bd4965352d1a9a989e21743a4a06Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7cebc86481bf16049e266f6774d90f2fd4f8d5d2Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8f8771757b130383732195497e47fba2aba76d3aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux909963e0c16778cec28efb1affc21558825f4200Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd81ffb87aaa75f842cd7aa57091810353755b3e6Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.64-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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