CVE-2023-53470

MEDIUM

Linux kernel 5.4 - Null Pointer Dereference in ionic Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Add a check for NULL on the alloc return. If devlink_alloc() fails and we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail, but at least it won't panic the kernel.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.8%
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 (13)
Linux/Linux < 5.4
Linux/Linux 5.15.112 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4
Linux/Linux 6.1.29 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.16 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.3 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c - 0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac
Linux/Linux df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c - 0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a
Linux/Linux df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c - 4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760
... and 3 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026