What is CVE-2023-52492?

CVE-2023-52492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-52492?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2023-52492

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function __dma_async_device_channel_register() can fail. In case of failure, chan->local is freed (with free_percpu…

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions d2fb0a0438384fee08a418025f743913020033ce, 5.6, 0
Linux Linux_kernel
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52492?: CVE-2023-52492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-52492?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.