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CVE-2023-52783

kernel: net: wangxun: fix kernel panic due to null pointer

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · March 4, 2026

Description

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

net: wangxun: fix kernel panic due to null pointer

When the device uses a custom subsystem vendor ID, the function wx_sw_init() returns before the memory of 'wx->mac_table' is allocated. The null pointer will causes the kernel panic.

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