CVE-2023-53470
MEDIUMLinux kernel 5.4 - Null Pointer Dereference in ionic Driver
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
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