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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52976

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52976 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: fix potential NULL deref in efi_mem_reserve_persistent When iterating on a linked list, a result of memremap is dereferenced without checking it for NULL. This patch adds a check that falls back on allocating a new page in case memremap doesn't succeed. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [ardb: return -ENOMEM instead of breaking out of the loop]

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux5.10.162-1, 5.10.127-1, *
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 27, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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