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Publication date: 2025-12-30

Last updated on: 2025-12-31

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name() when kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), name or full_name will be NULL, strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.

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Published

2025-12-30

Last Modified

2025-12-31

Generated

2026-07-07

AI Q&A

2025-12-30

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-06

NVD

CVE-2023-54178

EUVD

EUVD-2023-60463

Affected Vendors & Products

Currently, no data is known.

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability occurs in the Linux kernel's unittest component, specifically in the function of_unittest_find_node_by_name(). When the kmalloc() function fails to allocate memory in kasprintf(), the variables 'name' or 'full_name' become NULL. Subsequently, a call to strcmp() with these NULL pointers causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a potential crash or undefined behavior.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that it can cause the Linux kernel to dereference a NULL pointer, which may lead to a kernel crash or system instability. This can result in denial of service or unexpected behavior in systems running the affected kernel.

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