Vulnerability · Published Jun 28, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-3359
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Kernel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c. Lacks for the check of the return value of kzalloc() can cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.1.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.1.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | 5.19.0-1012.12~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | 5.19.0-1025.26~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | 5.19.0-1024.26~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | 5.19.0-42.43~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | 5.19.0-1024.25~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | 6.1.0-1008.8 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | 5.19.0-1018.19~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | 5.19.0-1017.19~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3359 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H