CVE-2023-52919: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge() Handle memory allocation failure from nci_skb_alloc() (calling alloc_skb()) to avoid possible NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.11, before 4.14.328 (fixed in 4.14.328); from 4.15, before 4.19.297 (fixed in 4.19.297); from 4.20, before 5.4.259 (fixed in 5.4.259); from 5.5, before 5.10.199 (fixed in 5.10.199); from 5.11, before 5.15.137 (fixed in 5.15.137); from 5.16, before 6.1.60 (fixed in 6.1.60); …

Published 2024-10-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.