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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2023-52473
HistoryFeb 26, 2024 - 4:27 p.m.

CVE-2023-52473

2024-02-2616:27:48
CWE-476
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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linux kernel
thermal zone
null pointer

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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 configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.4.06.6.14
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.06.7.2

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%