CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-23003

Unchecked Return Value

Published: Mar 01, 2023 | Modified: Aug 29, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In the Linux kernel before 5.16, tools/perf/util/expr.c lacks a check for the hashmap__new return value.

Weakness

The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * *

Potential Mitigations

References