CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-52863

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (axi-fan-control) Fix possible NULL pointer dereference axi_fan_control_irq_handler(), dependent on the private axi_fan_control_data structure, might be called before the hwmon device is registered. That will cause an "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" error.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.7 < 5.10.201) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.139) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.63) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.5.12) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.6 < 6.6.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References