CVE-2023-54066

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-usb-v2: gl861: Fix null-ptr-deref in gl861_i2c_master_xfer In gl861_i2c_master_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 gl861_i2c_master_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

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 7.2%

Details

Status published
Products (16)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.133linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.55linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.197linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.5.5linux
Linux/Linux < 5.5
Linux/Linux 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 - 2a33fc57133d6f39d62285df6706aeb1714967f1
Linux/Linux 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 - 578b67614ae0e4fba3945b66a4c8f9ae77115bcb
Linux/Linux 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 - 72af676551efe820e309a6c7681c2c4372f37376
Linux/Linux 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 - b97719a66970601cd3151a3e2020f4454a1c4ff6
Linux/Linux 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 - dfcd3c010209927b9f45b860f046635dc32e32e1
... and 6 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026