Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (axi-fan-control) Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

axi_fan_control_irq_handler(), dependent on the private
axi_fan_control_data structure, might be called before the hwmon
device is registered. That will cause an "Unable to handle kernel
NULL pointer dereference" error.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52863

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d870088db4863c514a7f8751cd593751983029a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e7eb23a6e97642ff3190431c06475d9ca1e062
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33de53a2706066d526173dc743faf43d92c62105
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f62b8969847850ba7596cb145cc47c65ea57dae0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49f14cc1bb12c625a1c572e8a95b6adefd4d8eb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a5b3370a1d9750eca325292e291c8c7cb8cf2e0

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