CVE-2023-52696

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a null pointer dereference error in the opal powercap init() function of the Linux kernel. This error can occur when the kasprintf() function returns a null pointer, indicating a failure in dynamically allocating memory. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.