5.5

CVE-2023-52465: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52465DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52465
Published 25-02-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52465 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 9
USN-6818-1USN-6818-3USN-6818-4USN-6819-1USN-6819-3USN-6819-4

Timeline

  1. 25-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: Fix null pointer dereference in smb2_probe devm_kasprintf and devm_kzalloc return a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu74 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 8648aeb5d7b70e13264ff5f444f22081d37d4670, < e2717302fbc20f148bcda362facee0444b949a3a | ≥ 8648aeb5d7b70e13264ff5f444f22081d37d4670, < bd3d2ec447ede9da822addf3960a5f4275e3ae76 | ≥ 8648aeb5d7b70e13264ff5f444f22081d37d4670, < 88f04bc3e737155e13caddf0ba8ed19db87f0212 | 6.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.5.0, < 6.6.14 | ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.6.15-1

3 vendors · 77 products

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