Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-52809 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup() fc_lport_ptp_setup() did not check the return value of fc_rport_create() which can return NULL and would cause a NULL pointer dereference. Address this issue by checking return value of fc_rport_create() and log error message on fc_rport_create() failed.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/930f0aaba4820d6362de4e6ed569eaf444f1ea4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77072ec41d6ab3718c3fc639bc149b8037caedfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b549acf999824d4f751ca57965700372f2f3ad00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb83f79f90e92f46466adcfd4fd264a7ae0f0f01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d78b5495ebecbb9395101f3be177cd0a52450b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442fd24d7b6b29e4a9cd9225afba4142d5f522ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6fe7261b92b21109678747f36df9fdab1e30c34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b9ecf4e1032e645873933e5b43cbb84cac19106
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df105f0ce9f6f30cda4e99f577150d23f0c9c5f