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GHSA-W4P9-F43V-6347

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-22 09:33 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: pci: cx23885: check cx23885_vdev_init() return

cx23885_vdev_init() can return a NULL pointer, but that pointer is used in the next line without a check.

Add a NULL pointer check and go to the error unwind if it is NULL.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-52918 (GCVE-0-2023-52918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-22 07:37 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:35

Title

media: pci: cx23885: check cx23885_vdev_init() return

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pci: cx23885: check cx23885_vdev_init() return cx23885_vdev_init() can return a NULL pointer, but that pointer is used in the next line without a check. Add a NULL pointer check and go to the error unwind if it is NULL.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-22 13:10 UTC

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6618 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e31b096e2e1949bc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/199a42fc4c45e8b7f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7385510e2550a9f8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f1d30c51c485cec…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ee04a907d64ee39…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1397fb4a779fca56…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15126b916e39b0cb6…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.25 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.25 (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.321 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.283 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.225 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.166 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.107 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.48 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.9 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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