FKIE_CVE-2023-52783

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-21 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:43
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wangxun: fix kernel panic due to null pointer When the device uses a custom subsystem vendor ID, the function wx_sw_init() returns before the memory of 'wx->mac_table' is allocated. The null pointer will causes the kernel panic.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a55071653974dab172d4c5d699bb365cfd13c9Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ba2c459668cfe2aaacc5ebcd35b4b9ef8643013Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a55071653974dab172d4c5d699bb365cfd13c9Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ba2c459668cfe2aaacc5ebcd35b4b9ef8643013Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
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            "drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_hw.c",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:43:34.403",
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