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CVE-2023-52893 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gsmi: fix null-deref in gsmi_get_variable We can get EFI variables without fetching the attribute, so we must allow for that in gsmi. commit 859748255b43 ("efi: pstore: Omit efivars caching EFI varstore access layer") added a new get_variable call with attr=NULL, which triggers panic in gsmi.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32313c11bdc8a02c577abaf865be3664ab30410a Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6646d769fdb0ce4318ef9afd127f8526d1ca8393 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a769b05eeed7accc4019a1ed9799dd72067f1ce8 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae2a9dcc8caa60b1e14671294e5ec902ea5d1dfd Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb0421d90f916dffe96b4c049ddf01c0c50620d2 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee5763ef829bd923033510de6d1df7c73f085e4b Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffef77794fb5f1245c3249b86342bad2299accb5 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-52893
NVD Published Date:
08/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
09/11/2024
Source:
kernel.org