CVE-2023-53470

NameCVE-2023-53470
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Add a check for NULL on the alloc return. If devlink_alloc() fails and we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail, but at least it won't panic the kernel.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.237-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.148-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.153-1fixed
trixie6.12.43-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.48-1fixed
forky6.16.8-1fixed
sid6.16.9-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.37-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.3.7-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760 (6.4-rc1)

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