Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52467mfd: syscon: Fix null pointer dereference in of_syscon_register()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.76-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52467
Debian:13linux6.6.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52467
Debian:14linux6.6.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-102.112UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-102.112USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1057.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1057.63USN-6725-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1060.69USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1060.69UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1USN-6819-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1060.69.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1060.69.1USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1055.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1055.63USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1USN-6818-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1054.59USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1054.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1040.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1040.46USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41~22.04.2USN-6818-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1050.53USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1052.58USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1052.58UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1054.59USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1054.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-102.112UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-102.112USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1USN-6818-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1048.48USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1048.48UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1021.22UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1021.22USN-6818-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1035.35USN-6688-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1035.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1024.25USN-6819-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1055.61USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1055.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1USN-6819-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1050.53USN-6725-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.56.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1USN-6819-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52467

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e15d7f2b81d2e7d93115d46fa931b366c1cdebc2 – before 927626a2073887ee30ba00633260d4d203f8e875e15d7f2b81d2e7d93115d46fa931b366c1cdebc2 – before c3e3a2144bf50877551138ffce9f7aa6ddfe385be15d7f2b81d2e7d93115d46fa931b366c1cdebc2 – before 527e8c5f3d00299822612c495d5adf1f8f43c001e15d7f2b81d2e7d93115d46fa931b366c1cdebc2 – before 3ef1130deee98997275904d9bfc37af75e1e906ce15d7f2b81d2e7d93115d46fa931b366c1cdebc2 – before 7f2c410ac470959b88e03dadd94b7a0b71df7973e15d7f2b81d2e7d93115d46fa931b366c1cdebc2 – before 41673c66b3d0c09915698fec5c13b24336f18dd1
Linux Linux 5.9

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