CVE-2023-53220

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: az6007: Fix null-ptr-deref in az6007_i2c_xfer() In az6007_i2c_xfer, msg is controlled by user. When msg[i].buf is null and msg[i].len is zero, former checks on msg[i].buf would be passed. Malicious data finally reach az6007_i2c_xfer. If accessing msg[i].buf[0] without sanity check, null ptr deref would happen. We add check on msg[i].len to prevent crash. Similar commit: commit 0ed554fd769a ("media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027_i2c_xfer()")

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 3.4
Linux/Linux 3.4
Linux/Linux 4.14.326 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.295 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.197 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.133 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.257 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.55 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.5 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux 6.6
... and 9 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026