CVE-2023-52605

kernel: ACPI: extlog: fix NULL pointer dereference check

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 6, 2024

Updated · October 31, 2026

Description

[REJECTED CVE] A NULL pointer dereference issue was identified in the Linux kernel within the ACPI subsystem's extlog module. In the extlog_exit() function, the extlog_l1_addr pointer was dereferenced before verifying if it was NULL, potentially causing system instability or crashes during the cleanup process.

Statement

This CVE has been rejected upstream:- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/[email protected]/

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference