Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-52918 - 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: media: pci: cx23885: check cx23885_vdev_init() return cx23885_vdev_init() can return a NULL pointer, but that pointer is used in the next line without a check. Add a NULL pointer check and go to the error unwind if it is NULL.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e31b096e2e1949bc8f0be019c9ae70d414404c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/199a42fc4c45e8b7f19efeb15dbc36889a599ac2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7385510e2550a9f8b6f3d5f33c5b894ab9ba976
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f1d30c51c485cec7a7de60205667c3ff86c303
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ee04a907d64ee3910fecedd05d7f1be4b1b70e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1397fb4a779fca560c43d2acf6702d41b4a495b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15126b916e39b0cb67026b0af3c014bfeb1f76b3