CVE-2023-53044
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in dm_stats_cleanup
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
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