CVE-2023-52573

kernel: net: rds: NULL pointer dereference in rds_rdma_cm_event_handler_cmn()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 2, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference

In rds_rdma_cm_event_handler_cmn() check, if conn pointer exists before dereferencing it as rdma_set_service_type() argument

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference