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CVE-2023-52473

thermal: core: Fix NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

thermal: core: Fix NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path

If device_register() in thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips()
returns an error, the tz variable is set to NULL and subsequently
dereferenced in kfree(tz->tzp).

Commit adc8749b150c ("thermal/drivers/core: Use put_device() if
device_register() fails") added the tz = NULL assignment in question to
avoid a possible double-free after dropping the reference to the zone
device. However, after commit 4649620d9404 ("thermal: core: Make
thermal_zone_device_unregister() return after freeing the zone"), that
assignment has become redundant, because dropping the reference to the
zone device does not cause the zone object to be freed any more.

Drop it to address the NULL pointer dereference.

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: Thermal: Core: corrige la desreferencia del puntero NULL en la ruta del error de registro de zona. Si device_register() en Thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() devuelve un error, la variable tz se establece en NULL y posteriormente se desreferencia en kfree( tz->tzp). el commit adc8749b150c ("thermal/drivers/core: use put_device() si falla el dispositivo_register()") agregó la asignación tz = NULL en cuestión para evitar una posible doble liberación después de eliminar la referencia al dispositivo de zona. Sin embargo, después de el commit 4649620d9404 ("thermal: core: Make Thermal_zone_device_unregister() return después de liberar la zona"), esa asignación se ha vuelto redundante, porque eliminar la referencia al dispositivo de zona ya no causa que el objeto de zona se libere más. Suéltelo para abordar la desreferencia del puntero NULL.

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-02-20 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-02-25 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-21 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.4 < 6.6.14
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Linux
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>= 6.4 < 6.7.2
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.4 < 6.8
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