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CVE-2023-52473
published 2024-02-26

CVE-2023-52473: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path If…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.27%
19.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path If device_register() in thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() returns an error, the tz variable is set to NULL and subsequently dereferenced in kfree(tz->tzp). Commit adc8749b150c ("thermal/drivers/core: Use put_device() if device_register() fails") added the tz = NULL assignment in question to avoid a possible double-free after dropping the reference to the zone device. However, after commit 4649620d9404 ("thermal: core: Make thermal_zone_device_unregister() return after freeing the zone"), that assignment has become redundant, because dropping the reference to the zone device does not cause the zone object to be freed any more. Drop it to address the NULL pointer dereference.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.6.15-1 (forky)linux 6.6.15-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3d439b1a2ad36c8b4ea151c8de25309d60d17407 < 335176dd8ebaca6493807dceea33c478305667fa335176dd8ebaca6493807dceea33c478305667fa
linuxlinux>= 3d439b1a2ad36c8b4ea151c8de25309d60d17407 < 02871710b93058eb1249d5847c0b2d1c2c3c98ae02871710b93058eb1249d5847c0b2d1c2c3c98ae
linuxlinux>= 3d439b1a2ad36c8b4ea151c8de25309d60d17407 < 04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea04e6ccfc93c5a1aa1d75a537cf27e418895e20ea
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.15-16.6.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.15-16.6.15-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.4.0 < 6.6.146.6.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.7.26.7.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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