CVE-2023-54010
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Null Pointer Dereference in Linux ACPICA Due to Allocation Failure

Publication date: 2025-12-24

Last updated on: 2025-12-24

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED in acpi_db_display_objects ACPICA commit 0d5f467d6a0ba852ea3aad68663cbcbd43300fd4 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED may fails, object_info might be null and will cause null pointer dereference later.
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Published
2025-12-24
Last Modified
2025-12-24
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-24
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2026-06-15
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CVE-2023-54010
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linux linux_kernel *
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Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can cause the Linux kernel to crash or become unstable due to a null pointer dereference, which may lead to denial of service or system instability.

Executive Summary

This vulnerability occurs in the Linux kernel's ACPICA component where the function ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED may fail and return a null pointer. If this null return is not checked, it can lead to a null pointer dereference when the code later tries to use the object_info pointer, potentially causing a crash or instability.

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