https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:43:09 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2023-52693 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent</p> <p>If acpi_get_parent() called in acpi_video_dev_register_backlight() fails, for example, because acpi_ut_acquire_mutex() fails inside acpi_get_parent), this can lead to incorrect (uninitialized) acpi_parent handle being passed to acpi_get_pci_dev() for detecting the parent pci device.</p> <p>Check acpi_get_parent() result and set parent device only in case of success.</p> <p>Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent</p> <p>If acpi_get_parent() called in acpi_video_dev_register_backlight() fails, for example, because acpi_ut_acquire_mutex() fails inside acpi_get_parent), this can lead to incorrect (uninitialized) acpi_parent handle being passed to acpi_get_pci_dev() for detecting the parent pci device.</p> <p>Check acpi_get_parent() result and set parent device only in case of success.</p> <p>Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2023-52693