CVE-2023-54189
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pstore/ram: Add check for kstrdup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/ram: Add check for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 30, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
239 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-54189
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/ram: Add check for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065c81ae5817b245bb9feb6d54e027702740b49a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a764a2facd9dd88a69777200f65dfd0182765dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a9d7dac3ad25323145b4aaea3b5f434f50011d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8430a8e8e85420d4cb51dcb08b0278ab194ea82f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14cb307267ba7a1715403e071bdc4deda77eef5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d97038d5ec2062733c1e016caf9baaf68cf64ea1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f57ba91a46d3fc52bfdac9cca5cf5572ec7afd6d
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54189.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54189