Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-23003 - Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel before 5.16, tools/perf/util/expr.c lacks a check for the hashmap__new return value.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a515a06c5ebfa46fee3ac519e418f801e718da4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a515a06c5ebfa46fee3ac519e418f801e718da4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0003/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0003/