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mfd: syscon: Fix null pointer dereference in of_syscon_register()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: syscon: Fix null pointer dereference in of_syscon_register() kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.209, 5.15.148, 6.1.75, 6.6.14, 6.7.2
CVEs
CVE-2023-52467
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 00:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

mfd: syscon: Fix null pointer dereference in of_syscon_register()

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Feb 2024, 08:16 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: syscon: Fix null pointer dereference in of_syscon_register() kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

osv:CVE-2023-52467

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.209, 5.15.148, 6.1.75, 6.6.14, 6.7.2

Complete source record
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