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net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference In rds_rdma_cm_event_handler_cmn() check, if conn pointer exists before dereferencing it as rdma_set_service_type() argument Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.198, 5.15.134, 5.4.258, 6.1.56, 6.5.6
CVEs
CVE-2023-52573
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Mar 2024, 21:59 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference In rds_rdma_cm_event_handler_cmn() check, if conn pointer exists before dereferencing it as rdma_set_service_type() argument Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

osv:CVE-2023-52573

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.4.258, 5.10.198, 5.15.134, 6.1.56, 6.5.6

Complete source record
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