CVE-2023-52693 — Linux vulnerability
22 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateJun 26
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent
If acpi_get_parent() called in acpi_video_dev_register_backlight()
fails, for example, because acpi_ut_acquire_mutex() fails inside
acpi_get_parent), this can lead to incorrect (uninitialized)
acpi_parent handle being passed to acpi_get_pci_dev() for detecting
the parent pci device.
Check acpi_get_parent() result and set parent device only in case of suc…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9661e92c10a9775243c1ecb73373528ed8725a10 — 556f02699d33c1f40b1b31bd25828ce08fa165d8+8
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
10📋Vendor Advisories
10💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2023-52693 kernel: ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent↗2024-05-18