PT-2025-37683

CVE-2023-53242

Published

2023-02-15

Updated

2025-10-23

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CVSS 3.1

7.1

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel’s thermal driver for the hisi platform, specifically related to the hi3660 thermal probe function. A memory allocation issue occurs where the code attempts to access a second sensor array entry despite allocating memory for only one. This can lead to a panic, specifically a "BRK handler: Fatal exception" error.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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