CVE-2023-52696: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52696DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52696

Published 17-05-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52696 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

30/100

0100

Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

7.5/10

010

High · v3.1 (CVE.org)

EPSS score

0.82%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

17-05-2024
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
11-05-2026
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check in opal_powercap_init() kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

v3.17.5

EPSS trend

Probability

0.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.82% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

0.82%

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

CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceThe product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected systems

Ubuntu112 products

linux< 5.4.0-176.196 | < 5.15.0-102.112
linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws< 5.4.0-1122.132 | < 5.15.0-1057.63
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-5.15< 5.15.0-1057.63~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-5.4< 5.4.0-1122.132~18.04.1
linux-aws-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-6.5All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-aws-fips< 5.4.0-1122.132+fips1 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1057.63+fips1
linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1127.134 | < 5.15.0-1060.69
linux-azure-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.15< 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-5.4< 5.4.0-1127.134~18.04.1
linux-azure-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-6.5< 6.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1
linux-azure-edgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-fdeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1060.69.1
linux-azure-fde-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-fde-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-azure-fips< 5.4.0-1127.134+fips1 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1060.69+fips1
linux-bluefield< 5.4.0-1082.89 | < 5.15.0-1040.42
linux-fips< 5.4.0-1096.106 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-102.112+fips1
linux-gcpAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1126.135 | < 5.15.0-1055.63
linux-gcp-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.15< 5.15.0-1055.63~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-5.4< 5.4.0-1126.135~18.04.1
linux-gcp-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gcp-6.5< 6.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips< 5.4.0-1126.135+fips1 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2
linux-gkeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1054.59
linux-gke-4.15All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gke-5.15All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gke-5.4All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-gkeop< 5.4.0-1089.93 | < 5.15.0-1040.46
linux-gkeop-5.15< 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1
linux-gkeop-5.4All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hweAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.15< 5.15.0-102.112~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-5.4< 5.4.0-175.195~18.04.1
linux-hwe-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-hwe-6.5< 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2
linux-hwe-edgeAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-ibm< 5.4.0-1069.74 | < 5.15.0-1050.53
linux-ibm-5.15< 5.15.0-1050.53~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.4< 5.4.0-1069.74~18.04.1
linux-intel-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-intel-iot-realtime< 5.15.0-1050.52
linux-intel-iotg< 5.15.0-1052.58
linux-intel-iotg-5.15< 5.15.0-1052.58~20.04.1
linux-iot< 5.4.0-1034.35
linux-kvm< 5.4.0-1110.117 | < 5.15.0-1054.59
linux-lowlatency< 5.15.0-102.112
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15< 5.15.0-102.112~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5< 6.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1
linux-nvidia< 5.15.0-1048.48
linux-nvidia-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-nvidia-6.5< 6.5.0-1021.22
linux-nvidia-tegra< 5.15.0-1025.25
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15< 5.15.0-1025.25~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx< 5.15.0-1012.12
linux-oemAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.10All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.14All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.17All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-5.6All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-6.0All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-6.1All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oem-6.5< 6.5.0-1024.25
linux-oracle< 5.4.0-1121.130 | < 5.15.0-1055.61
linux-oracle-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.15< 5.15.0-1055.61~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-5.4< 5.4.0-1121.130~18.04.1
linux-oracle-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-oracle-6.5< 6.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1
linux-raspi< 5.4.0-1106.118 | < 5.15.0-1050.53
linux-raspi-5.4< 5.4.0-1106.118~18.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime< 6.8.0-2001.1
linux-raspi2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-realtimeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1058.66
linux-riscvAll versions (No fix recorded)
linux-riscv-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-riscv-5.15< 5.15.0-1053.57~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-riscv-5.8All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-riscv-6.5< 6.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1
linux-starfive-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-starfive-6.2All versions (No fix recorded)
linux-starfive-6.5< 6.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1
linux-xilinx-zynqmp< 5.4.0-1041.45 | < 5.15.0-1030.34

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Debian2 products

linux< 6.1.76-1 | < 6.6.15-1
debian_linuxEOL10.0

Linux2 products

linux≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < 9da4a56dd3772570512ca58aa8832b052ae910dc | ≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < a67a04ad05acb56640798625e73fa54d6d41cce1 | ≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < 6b58d16037217d0c64a2a09b655f370403ec7219 | ≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < f152a6bfd187f67afeffc9fd68cbe46f51439be0 | ≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < 69f95c5e9220f77ce7c540686b056c2b49e9a664 | ≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < b02ecc35d01a76b4235e008d2dd292895b28ecab | ≥ b9ef7b4b867f56114bedbe6bf104cfaba0ca818e, < e123015c0ba859cf48aa7f89c5016cc6e98e018d | 4.20
linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.268 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.209 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.148 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.75 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.14 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.2

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