Missing Error Handling in hashmap__new Function in Linux Kernel

CVE-2023-23003 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

In the Linux kernel before 5.16, tools/perf/util/expr.c lacks a check for the hashmap__new return value.

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