PT-2023-9712
CVE-2023-52783
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Published
2023-11-17
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Updated
2025-02-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the function
wx sw init() in the Linux kernel's wangxun component. When a device uses a custom subsystem vendor ID, the function returns before the memory of wx->mac table is allocated, causing a null pointer that leads to a kernel panic. This can be exploited to cause a denial of service.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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