Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52473

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path If deviceregiste...

CVE-2023-52473

is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the thermal management subsystem. This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference that occurs in the thermalzonedeviceregisterwithtrips function during the thermal zone registration error path. This issue can cause crashes and...

CVE-2023-52473

CVE-2023-52473 – Linux kernel (thermal/core): The vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in the thermal zone registration error path. Specifically, if device_register() in thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails, code previously dereferenced a tz pointer. A NULL assignment to tz was ...