CVE-2023-52783
kernel: net: wangxun: fix kernel panic due to null pointer
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
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 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference