powerpc/smp: Add check for kcalloc() failure in parse_thread_groups() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-43148
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/smp: Add check for kcalloc() failure in parse_thread_groups() As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer dereference when passing it to of_property_read_u32_array().

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 790a1662d3a26fe9fa5f691386d8fde6bb8b0dc2 < 1de31dba19c3cd0c1caf388a286b46df638f0b91 ; affected 790a1662d3a26fe9fa5f691386d8fde6bb8b0dc2 < b265e53d9adfbb5751713185843f7188aa9dd066 ; affected 790a1662d3a26fe9fa5f691386d8fde6bb8b0dc2 < 9d0ca11258e7b452653d04310addfec1753de1a2 ; affected 790a1662d3a26fe9fa5f691386d8fde6bb8b0dc2 < ca46d2092f307385a7acfb42632056570d6dbbbc ; affected 790a1662d3a26fe9fa5f691386d8fde6bb8b0dc2 < 9b85c8f624b0f8cf9b932f5a65dacd56a1f47a72 ; affected 790a1662d3a26fe9fa5f691386d8fde6bb8b0dc2 < 8b221db0b7d24675e465e98d9326d298025a4e8d
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.11 ; unaffected 0 < 5.11 ; unaffected 5.15.202 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.165 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.128 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.75 ≤ 6.12.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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