Linux Kernel up to 5.10.197/5.15.133/6.1.55/6.5.5 pm80xx allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.197/5.15.133/6.1.55/6.5.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component pm80xx. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-52500. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.197/5.15.133/6.1.55/6.5.5 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component pm80xx. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: pm80xx: Avoid leaking tags when processing OPC_INB_SET_CONTROLLER_CONFIG command Tags allocated for OPC_INB_SET_CONTROLLER_CONFIG command need to be freed when we receive the response.

The weakness was published 03/02/2024. The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-52500 since 02/20/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 242218 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6 or 6.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2afd8fcee0c4/d540a4370aba/2259e1901b2d/22e6d783a330/c13e73317458 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (242218). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.197
• 5.15.133
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.1.40
• 6.1.41
• 6.1.42
• 6.1.43
• 6.1.44
• 6.1.45
• 6.1.46
• 6.1.47
• 6.1.48
• 6.1.49
• 6.1.50
• 6.1.51
• 6.1.52
• 6.1.53
• 6.1.54
• 6.1.55
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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