CVE-2023-53066

kernel: qed/qed_sriov: guard against NULL derefs from qed_iov_get_vf_info

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 2, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the QED SR-IOV support in the Linux kernel. Improper validation of the value returned from the qed_iov_get_vf_info function can cause a NULL pointer dereference and result in a denial of service.

Statement

This issue has been fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 via RHSA-2025:6966 [1].

[1]. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference