CVE-2023-54279

NameCVE-2023-54279
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env fw_getenv will use env entry to determine style of env, however it is legal for firmware to just pass a empty list. Check if first entry exist before running strchr to avoid null pointer dereference.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.247-1fixed
bookworm6.1.148-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.158-1fixed
trixie6.12.57-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.48-1fixed
forky, sid6.17.13-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.191-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.37-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.3.7-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ee1809ed7bc456a72dc8410b475b73021a3a68d5 (6.4-rc1)

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