Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-52863 - 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: 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a5b3370a1d9750eca325292e291c8c7cb8cf2e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a5b3370a1d9750eca325292e291c8c7cb8cf2e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33de53a2706066d526173dc743faf43d92c62105
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33de53a2706066d526173dc743faf43d92c62105
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d870088db4863c514a7f8751cd593751983029a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d870088db4863c514a7f8751cd593751983029a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e7eb23a6e97642ff3190431c06475d9ca1e062
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e7eb23a6e97642ff3190431c06475d9ca1e062
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49f14cc1bb12c625a1c572e8a95b6adefd4d8eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49f14cc1bb12c625a1c572e8a95b6adefd4d8eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f62b8969847850ba7596cb145cc47c65ea57dae0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f62b8969847850ba7596cb145cc47c65ea57dae0