{"cve":"CVE-2023-52472","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-26T16:27:48.930","modified":"2026-06-17T06:42:47.950","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: rsa - add a check for allocation failure\n\nStatic checkers insist that the mpi_alloc() allocation can fail so add\na check to prevent a NULL dereference.  Small allocations like this\ncan't actually fail in current kernels, but adding a check is very\nsimple and makes the static checkers happy.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2831f4d3bfa68e64c5f83e96688be779c87b3511","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ad8b6879e2e49d02e3bfc0e1fb46421633fe2a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d872ca165cb67112f2841ef9c37d51ef7e63d1e4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2831f4d3bfa68e64c5f83e96688be779c87b3511","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ad8b6879e2e49d02e3bfc0e1fb46421633fe2a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:45:59.823092188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52472","score":0.00272,"percentile":0.19556,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}