CVE-2023-53044

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in dm_stats_cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure Check alloc_precpu()'s return value and return an error from dm_stats_init() if it fails. Update alloc_dev() to fail if dm_stats_init() does. Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in dm_stats_cleanup() even if dm-stats isn't being actively used.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux 3.12
Linux/Linux 4.14.312 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.280 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.177 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.105 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.240 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.22 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.9 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
... and 10 more
Published May 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026