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CVE-2024-53205

kernel: phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 27, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe

In rtk_usb2phy_probe() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

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