CVE-2023-53472NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pwm: lpc32xx: Remove handling of PWM channels Because LPC32xx PWM controllers have only a single output which is registered as the only PWM device/channel per controller, it is known in advance that pwm->hwpwm value is always 0. On basis of this fact simplify the code by removing operations with pwm->hwpwm, there is no controls which require channel number as input. Even though I wasn't aware at the time when I forward ported

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.9.2844.10+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linuxbb4de81eb940e7027f37a6fd3b7ddcb4403deb56abd9b2ee4047ccd980decbf26d61f9637604b1d5+10
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3g53-3cmj-qjrh: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pwm: lpc32xx: Remove handling of PWM channels Because LPC32xx PWM controllers ha2025-10-01
OSV
CVE-2023-53472: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pwm: lpc32xx: Remove handling of PWM channels Because LPC32xx PWM controllers have2025-10-01

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: pwm: lpc32xx: Remove handling of PWM channels2025-10-01
Debian
CVE-2023-53472: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pwm: lpc32x...2023